Streszczenie książki Lewy guard Gilbert

The story in 11 parts

1. Key idea 1 · free to read

   A late arrival with a hurt hand

   Don Gilbert comes from Osawatomie, Kansas, and reaches Brimfield days after football practice has begun. A railway wreck delayed him. The principal, Mr. Fernald, half believes the excuse and gives him a lecture anyway.

   Don greets his roommate Tim Otis with a flying cushion, and their old teasing resumes at once. Tim is quick and talkative. Don is taller, heavier and slow to speak, with a drawl and an unhurried smile.

   Don tells the story of the wreck in plain words. Two engines struck, fire and steam followed, and passengers climbed out through the windows. He says almost nothing about his own part. The coach, Mr. Robey, tells him to have the hand treated and promises nothing. Don feels the lost week at once.

   A late start can cost you a place, but how you answer it shows what you are made of.

2. 2

   Brimfield and its talkative boys

   Brimfield sits less than thirty miles from New York, with about one hundred and eighty students and twenty teachers.

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3. 3

   Don coaches guards for the second team

   Don watches the opening game from the bench in street clothes.

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4. 4

   The village stroll and the barn fire

   After Brimfield beats Miter Hill, Tim persuades Don, Tom Hall and Clint Thayer to celebrate with a walk to the village.

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5. 5

   Sneaking home and living with the risk

   The boys are well past curfew when Mr. Brady lets them out at the edge of the school grounds.

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6. 6

   A tie at Benton and a place on the first team

   The big military academy team from Benton comes to Brimfield with a hundred supporters.

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7. 7

   The joke on Mr. Moller and Tom's probation

   Brimfield has a new physics teacher, Mr. Caleb Moller, who dresses for class as if for afternoon tea, in a frock coat, gaiters and a Vandyke beard.

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8. 8

   Southby, and a note in Walton's hand

   Brimfield travels to Southby Academy without Tom Hall and without the fullback Rollins.

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9. 9

   Friendship is the book's strongest force

   Everything Don does is supported by Tim Otis.

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10. 10

    Courage, honour and quiet character

    The story's second great theme is the kind of courage that does not call attention to itself.

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11. 11

    A narrator who talks to you

    Barbour tells the story in the friendly voice of a storyteller at a fireside.

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