Project Gutenberg 2015-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 195 Shaler, Robert The Boy Scouts for Home Protection Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Rick Morris and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Boy Scouts for Home Protection" by Robert Shaler is a children’s adventure tale written during the early 20th century. This story is part of a series centered around the experiences of the Oakvale Boy Scouts, particularly focusing on their efforts to improve their town and protect their community. It explores themes of responsibility, bravery, and community service through the characters' attempts to address local issues and hazards. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Hugh Hardin, the patrol leader and assistant scout master, and his friends as they discuss the lack of safety at a dangerous intersection in their town. The boys express their determination to enact change and protect the children in their community from potential accidents. Through discussions about upcoming town improvements and various nuisances that need to be tackled, the opening chapters lay the groundwork for the troops' mission to revitalize their town. The narrative suggests a budding leadership theme as Hugh prepares to take action, setting the stage for the Boy Scouts' involvement in local governance and civic duty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mystery and detective stories Boy Scouts of America -- Juvenile fiction Civic improvement -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure 216288 2025-06-20T07:09:21.715737 text/html 195162 2024-10-22T23:15:32 text/html 290539 2025-06-20T07:09:27.491121 application/epub+zip 296988 2025-06-20T07:09:23.726632 application/epub+zip 153054 2025-06-20T07:09:22.836704 application/epub+zip 376851 2025-06-20T07:09:30.314628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349441 2025-06-20T07:09:26.615688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 205511 2022-09-22T16:56:03.786078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189795 2025-06-20T07:09:21.209652 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169990 2024-10-22T23:15:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16389 2025-06-20T07:09:30.461116 application/rdf+xml 34163 2025-06-20T07:09:22.943657 image/jpeg 5260 2025-06-20T07:09:22.890632 image/jpeg 271643 2025-06-20T07:09:21.739642 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