Project Gutenberg 2006-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 205 Fiske, James 1885 1933 Fiske, Colonel James Facing the German Foe E-text prepared by Brian Sogard, Irma Spehar, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Facing the German Foe" by Colonel James Fiske is a historical adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the looming threat of World War I, focusing on two young Boy Scouts, Harry Fleming and Dick Mercer, as they navigate the exciting and perilous environment leading up to the war. The novel addresses themes of loyalty, bravery, and the stark realities of war, intertwining the lives of the characters with the escalating tensions in Europe. The opening of the narrative introduces Harry Fleming and Dick Mercer, two Boy Scouts who find themselves in England during a tumultuous time as rumors of war escalate. As they discuss the possibility of conflict with their scoutmaster, John Grenfel, they express concerns about the potential for global warfare, particularly with German ambitions. The boys are drawn into the unfolding situation when newscasters announce that Germany threatens Russia, signaling imminent conflict. The narrative sets a tone of camaraderie and youthful innocence contrasted with the weight of impending disaster, as both boys contemplate their roles and responsibilities in the face of a world on the brink of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text World War I Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure 265913 2025-06-08T12:27:01.349471 text/html 270345 2006-11-28T16:26:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 95087 2006-11-28T16:27:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 172856 2025-06-08T12:27:08.371424 application/epub+zip 172817 2025-06-08T12:27:03.543453 application/epub+zip 172817 2025-06-08T12:27:02.191434 application/epub+zip 334643 2025-06-08T12:27:12.127389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295451 2025-06-08T12:27:07.446444 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270499 2022-09-09T12:06:06.549622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237704 2025-06-08T12:27:00.531445 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237537 2006-11-28T16:23:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88266 2006-11-28T16:23:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18596 2025-06-08T12:27:12.281406 application/rdf+xml 13346 2025-06-08T12:27:02.773439 image/jpeg 3441 2025-06-08T12:27:02.482443 image/jpeg 160078 2025-06-08T12:27:01.376431 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