Project Gutenberg 2018-06-25 Public domain in the USA. 147 Goldfrap, John Henry 1879 1917 Lawton, Captain Wilbur Deering, Fremont B. Payson, Howard Lawton, Wilbur Dexter J. Forrester West, Marvin Forrester, Dexter J. The Dreadnought Boys Aboard a Destroyer E-text prepared by Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Digital Library of the Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University (https://digital.library.villanova.edu) "The Dreadnought Boys Aboard a Destroyer" by John Henry Goldfrap is a naval adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around two courageous young sailors, Ned Strong and Herc Taylor, as they embark on a mission aboard the destroyer "Beale" to safeguard American interests during a South American revolution. The book explores themes of bravery, loyalty, and danger in the face of geopolitical tension. At the start of the novel, the two boys, recently celebrated for their heroics, are approached by a foreign agent in the Brooklyn Navy Yard who attempts to recruit them for espionage against their own country. Instead, the boys reject the agent's proposition, highlighting their strong sense of loyalty and integrity. The narrative quickly transitions to their departure on the destroyer "Beale", setting up an impending voyage that involves danger on the high seas, as well as the tensions of revolution brewing in the Republic of Costaveza. The opening emphasizes not only their spirit and camaraderie but also foreshadows the moral dilemmas and action-filled adventure that lies ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Sailors -- Juvenile fiction United States. Navy -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 367071 2025-06-23T04:32:38.901730 text/html 372627 2018-06-25T14:27:42 text/html 417676 2025-06-23T04:32:46.766642 application/epub+zip 413774 2025-06-23T04:32:40.144670 application/epub+zip 247080 2025-06-23T04:32:39.511705 application/epub+zip 517213 2025-06-23T04:32:51.475629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471211 2025-06-23T04:32:46.046711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295022 2022-08-25T18:31:56.478396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320182 2025-06-23T04:32:37.631690 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 320068 2020-06-15T00:25:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19009 2025-06-23T04:32:51.637618 application/rdf+xml 28152 2025-06-23T04:32:39.619674 image/jpeg 4462 2025-06-23T04:32:39.565686 image/jpeg 119756 2020-06-15T00:25:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 352766 2018-06-25T14:30:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 354055 2025-06-23T04:32:38.946696 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