Project Gutenberg 2005-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 219 Smith, Thorne 1892 1934 Smith, James Thorne Dorgan, Dick 1892 1953 Dorgan, Richard W. Biltmore Oswald : $b The diary of a hapless recruit Produced by Geetu Melwani and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. Produced from page images provided by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries "Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit" by J. Thorne Smith, Jr. is a comedic novel written in the early 20th century. The book presents a humorous narrative of Oswald, an inexperienced recruit in the Navy, as he goes through rigorous training and encounters various absurd situations and colorful characters. The story likely explores themes of camaraderie, the challenges of military life, and the humorous absurdities of boot camp. At the start of the diary, the protagonist, Oswald, humorously details his enlistment process, showcasing his overwhelming inexperience and the bemusement of the officers around him. His attempts to impress the enlistment officer backfire as he realizes that his lack of genuine sailing experience paints him as a stereotypical hapless recruit. Following this, Oswald's physical examination and subsequent experiences provide a comedic commentary on the various eccentricities of military life, as he navigates interactions with fellow recruits, medical personnel, and his own mother, who expresses exaggerated concern for his well-being. The tone is light-hearted and satirical, laying the groundwork for a comical exploration of his journey in the Navy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Humorous stories United States. Navy -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 233312 2025-06-07T08:38:31.720647 text/html 228150 2020-12-12T11:54:49 text/html; charset=us-ascii 3704883 2020-12-12T11:54:49 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 3941195 2025-06-07T08:38:38.971599 application/epub+zip 3933092 2025-06-07T08:38:32.927590 application/epub+zip 177918 2025-06-07T08:38:32.254617 application/epub+zip 3995656 2025-06-07T08:38:43.403575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3975142 2025-06-07T08:38:37.330601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248972 2022-09-08T06:38:44.106020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204168 2025-06-07T08:38:31.092666 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204049 2020-12-12T11:54:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81886 2020-12-12T11:54:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19382 2025-06-07T08:38:43.583538 application/rdf+xml 28182 2025-06-07T08:38:32.351604 image/jpeg 4219 2025-06-07T08:38:32.300601 image/jpeg 3747396 2025-06-07T08:38:31.929658 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia