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A chi è rivolto
Readers who like adventure with a clear sense of right and wrong, and anyone curious about how soldiers lived and trained in the early twentieth century, from bugle calls to guard duty.
Che cos’è questo libro
A poster in a post-office window starts a fist fight, and two friends decide to join the United States Regular Army. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks, by H. Irving Hancock, follows Hal Overton and Noll Terry from a small New Jersey street to a mountain fort in Colorado. Along the way come a train holdup, a bully from home, a string of thefts, and an anonymous letter. It is part adventure and part lesson in how a soldier is made.
In questo riassunto
- 1A fist fight over a recruiting posterFree
- 2Passing the recruiting office
- 3Learning the soldier's trade on Bedloe's Island
- 4A night at the shore and a commendation
- 5Guard duty and a train in the dark
- 6A new post and the fort's hazing
- 7Robberies, rumors and a sentry's duty
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A fist fight over a recruiting poster
The story opens in a small New Jersey city. Boys stand before a post-office window where a poster calls for Army recruits. Bunny Hepburn mocks soldiers as loafers and spits at the glass.
Fourteen-year-old Jud Jeffers, whose father served in the war with Spain, knocks him down. Hal Overton and Noll Terry break up the fight. Hal tells Jud that respect for the uniform is never foolish.
The older boys then share a secret. They mean to enlist in New York the next day. A big, idle bully named Tip Branders overhears them and decides to follow.
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Questions about I ragazzi di Zio Sam tra le reclute
What is Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks about?
It follows two eighteen-year-old friends, Hal Overton and Noll Terry, who enlist in the United States Army, train at a recruit depot, and join an infantry regiment in Colorado, where they meet danger, rivals and a mystery.
Who are Hal Overton and Noll Terry?
They are two young men from a New Jersey town who work in a store and a machine shop. They enlist hoping to learn, earn promotion and perhaps rise to become officers.
Is Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks a true story?
No, it is a work of fiction by H. Irving Hancock, written in the early twentieth century. It does draw on real Army routines such as drill, bugle calls, guard mount and enlistment rules.
Is it the first book in a series?
Yes. It opens the Uncle Sam's Boys series, and its last page points ahead to the next volume, Uncle Sam's Boys on Field Duty, where the friends are trained soldiers.
What is the main message of the book?
The book shows that courage, honesty and steady effort build character. It also argues that fair discipline and good leaders turn ordinary young men into capable soldiers.