Project Gutenberg 2012-06-03 Public domain in the USA. 598 Strang, Herbert Paget, Walter 1863 1935 Paget, W. (Walter) Paget, Wal. (Walter) Tom Willoughby's Scouts: A Story of the War in German East Africa Produced by Al Haines "Tom Willoughby’s Scouts: A Story of the War in German East Africa" by Herbert Strang is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Tom Willoughby, a young Englishman who travels to German East Africa to explore his father's coffee plantation, only to become embroiled in the tensions of World War I. As the narrative unfolds, readers are drawn into themes of colonialism, adventure, and the moral complexities tied to the exploitation of the land and its people. At the start of the novel, Tom Willoughby boards the "Hedwig von Wissmann" at Lake Tanganyika in 1914, where he encounters various characters, including Mr. Barkworth, who warns him of his German partner's potentially unscrupulous nature. Once in Bismarckburg, Tom meets his partner, Curt Reinecke, and confronts the realities of the plantation that has been running with little success. The tale then deepens as Tom begins to suspect Reinecke of wrongdoing while navigating life on the plantation. The growing tension intensifies when Tom finds himself trapped in a perilous situation, facing not just the challenges of the land but the dark motives of the people around him. As he grapples with survival, the themes of loyalty and betrayal come to the forefront, setting the stage for a gripping tale of adventure and moral dilemmas in an era of imperial conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39912/39912-rst/images/img-cover.jpg Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Africa -- Juvenile fiction German East Africa -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text World War I Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: British Literature 421641 2025-06-16T09:15:29.726831 text/html 422458 2012-06-03T16:06:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 514638 2012-06-03T16:06:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 563494 2025-06-16T09:15:40.277810 application/epub+zip 809155 2025-01-16T09:11:10.013103 application/pdf 443757 2025-01-16T09:11:00.243125 application/pdf 563395 2025-06-16T09:15:33.680826 application/epub+zip 256495 2025-06-16T09:15:31.375805 application/epub+zip 667715 2025-06-16T09:15:44.567818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 623394 2025-06-16T09:15:38.754799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317387 2022-09-18T09:33:16.353821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371422 2025-06-16T09:15:29.059811 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 371525 2012-06-03T16:07:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 140509 2012-06-03T16:07:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 370185 2012-06-03T16:07:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140319 2012-06-03T16:07:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 370183 2012-06-03T16:08:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140306 2012-06-03T16:08:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 28034 2025-06-16T09:15:44.950865 application/rdf+xml 355130 2025-06-16T09:15:28.862844 text/x-rst 355130 2012-06-03T16:08:06 text/x-rst 499615 2012-06-03T16:08:06 text/x-rst application/zip 27415 2025-06-16T09:15:32.018797 image/jpeg 4424 2025-06-16T09:15:31.697799 image/jpeg 514128 2025-06-16T09:15:29.772872 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 More titles under Strang, Herbert, Mrs. en.wikipedia