Project Gutenberg 2013-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 177 Goldfrap, John Henry 1879 1917 Lawton, Captain Wilbur Deering, Fremont B. Payson, Howard Lawton, Wilbur Dexter J. Forrester West, Marvin Forrester, Dexter J. The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Brenda Lewis, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal" by Lieutenant Howard Payson is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the Eagle Patrol, a group of Boy Scouts, as they embark on various escapades, exhibiting bravery and resourcefulness, particularly in the context of assisting a girl named Lucy Mainwaring and dealing with the antagonistic Jared Applegate. The narrative is set against the backdrop of the Panama Canal, blending themes of heroism, camaraderie, and the spirit of scouting. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Farmer Hiram Applegate, who harbors animosity towards the Boy Scouts, especially due to his son Jared's complicated past. A comical encounter ensues when the Scouts help Lucy Mainwaring, who accidentally gets her car stuck in a ditch while trying to avoid hitting a pig. The Scouts, led by Rob Blake, arrive just in time to assist her, showcasing their commitment to helping others and their scout values. As tensions build between Jared and the scouts, the stage is set for further confrontations, hinting at a deeper plot involving espionage and the Panama Canal, which will unspool as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42077/42077-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Boy Scouts of America -- Juvenile fiction Panama Canal (Panama) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 349347 2025-08-17T06:03:35.225775 text/html 335796 2024-10-23T14:02:53 text/html 417056 2025-08-17T06:03:41.774756 application/epub+zip 429165 2025-08-17T06:03:36.961739 application/epub+zip 211388 2025-08-17T06:03:36.120786 application/epub+zip 544855 2025-08-17T06:03:45.253740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508229 2025-08-17T06:03:40.996746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290541 2022-09-19T08:54:32.938761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303490 2025-08-17T06:03:34.147793 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283599 2024-10-23T14:02:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17117 2025-08-17T06:03:45.382711 application/rdf+xml 24996 2025-08-17T06:03:36.212757 image/jpeg 3754 2025-08-17T06:03:36.166740 image/jpeg 397211 2025-08-17T06:03:35.269741 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