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What does duty demand when young soldiers face danger far from home?
In Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines, H. Irving Hancock follows young American soldiers into unfamiliar country. They serve in the years after the United States takes control of the Philippine Islands. Their conflict with the Moro people of the southern islands frames a brisk adventure about army life, loyalty and courage.
Orders bring hard tasks, and duty means carrying them out even when fear stands in the way. Jungle, rivers, heat and distance give this military adventure its setting. Published in 1912 for young readers, the novel presents a colonial war from one side, with a view of the Moros that reflects its time.
What you’ll discover
- Duty under pressure Follow young soldiers as difficult orders test their courage and their sense of loyalty.
- An unfamiliar landscape Enter a setting where jungle, rivers, heat and distance add to the danger.
- Life in uniform Explore an old-fashioned adventure built around army service, hard marches and frightening tasks.
- A colonial viewpoint Read with an eye for the period attitudes that shape Hancock's portrayal of the Moros.
- Brisk adventure storytelling Meet a plain, direct style that keeps duty and courage at the story's heart.
Who will love it
Readers who love military adventure, young soldiers earning their rank, tropical settings, tense sieges and scouting missions will enjoy this old-fashioned story of comradeship, duty and loyalty to the flag.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A smiling stranger tests two sergeants
- A planter and a spy aboard the Warren
- The trapdoor under Cerverra's shop
- Hal turns the tables underground
- Siege at the Seaforth plantation
- A night of cold steel
- The datto's challenge and the mountain march
- Tomba's trick and the scout in disguise
- Loyalty, the flag and how it is told
Who’s who
- Hal OvertonA young sergeant of the Thirty-fourth Infantry, cool, honest and quick-thinking, who loves soldiering and wants to see real service.
- Noll TerryHal's close friend and fellow sergeant, bold and eager for action, who proves a clever scout and steady fighter.
- Vicente TombaA Tagalo dandy with a waxed mustache who tries to buy young soldiers and works as Datto Hakkut's collector and agent.
- Mr. DraneyA florid-faced planter with plantations in Moro country, friendly to the army in public yet safe from the raiders for strange reasons.
- Lieutenant Dick PrescottA young West Point officer who commands B Company's detachment and wins his men's trust by caution and coolness.
- Captain FreemanThe commander of C Company who leads the expedition into the mountains and plans to draw Hakkut's whole force onto a hill.
- Private KellyA grumbling Irish veteran who prefers to stay a private, loves a practical joke and fights bravely when the time comes.
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Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines
by H. Irving Hancock · 1912
Two young sergeants land in Manila, and a smiling stranger with a waxed mustache has already marked them out.
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A smooth stranger offers a gift, and two sergeants smell a trap. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines is H. Irving Hancock's boys' adventure novel, the fourth in his Boys of the Army series.
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A smiling stranger tests two sergeants
Sergeants Hal Overton and Noll Terry of the Thirty-fourth Infantry have been in Manila only three days. On the busy Escolta, a Filipino dandy in spotless white follows them. He believes that poor young soldiers can be bought.
In a Chinese curio shop, Hal admires a teakwood chest he cannot afford. The stranger offers it as a gift and asks for nothing. The offer is far too eager, and Hal feels a quick dislike.
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What is Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines about?
It follows Sergeants Hal Overton and Noll Terry of the Thirty-fourth Infantry as they are posted to Mindanao. They face a plotter in Manila, a siege at a plantation, and a mountain campaign against the Moro chief Datto Hakkut.
Who are Hal Overton and Noll Terry?
They are two young friends who enlisted at eighteen and have risen to sergeant. They appear in earlier books of the Boys of the Army series and are known for honesty, steady nerves and skill at scouting.
Who is Datto Hakkut in the book?
He is an old Moro chief on Mindanao who lives by plunder and demands tribute from planters. White men have never seen him, and he marks his threats with a crab, showing that he can slip out of any trap.
The author
H. Irving Hancock
1868–1922 · American journalist and children's writer
H. Irving Hancock (1868–1922) was an American journalist and author who lived in the United States. He wrote books for young readers in the early twentieth century, including the Uncle Sam’s Boys series and the Grammar School Boys series. He also wrote instructional books about jiu-jitsu.
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