Project Gutenberg 2018-12-22 Public domain in the USA. 173 Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 Van Dyne, Edith Bancroft, Laura Baum, Lyman Frank Metcalf, Suzanne Akers, Floyd Cooke, John Estes Fitzgerald, Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald, Hugh Staunton, Schuyler Sampson, Emma Speed 1868 1947 Van Dyne, Edith Wyckoff, Joseph W. 1883 Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier Produced by Mary Glenn Krause and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier" by Edith Van Dyne is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Mary Louise, a spirited young girl, and her grandfather, Colonel Hathaway, as they navigate life after the Great War and welcome returning soldiers to their small town of Dorfield. Central to the plot is their interaction with Danny Dexter, a soldier who becomes a point of interest for Mary Louise, leading to themes of friendship, duty, and the complexities of human nature. The opening of the book introduces readers to Mary Louise and her grandfather as they discuss the return of the Dorfield Regiment. Mary Louise expresses her desire to welcome the soldiers and possibly help those who have no homes to return to. Their conversation reveals her warmth and patriotism, which set the tone for the story. As they prepare to greet the soldiers, a deeper narrative unfolds surrounding the enigmatic figure of Danny Dexter, whose motivations seem more complicated than initially apparent. The reader is drawn into a mix of community spirit and suspense as Mary Louise's interactions hint at a budding mystery involving Danny and the soldiers returning from war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humanitarianism -- Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective stories World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction Brigands and robbers -- Juvenile fiction Mistaken identity -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 287989 2025-06-23T10:18:10.889455 text/html 289813 2018-12-21T21:58:42 text/html 443885 2025-06-23T10:18:17.281477 application/epub+zip 442389 2025-06-23T10:18:11.919524 application/epub+zip 209378 2025-06-23T10:18:11.397479 application/epub+zip 511436 2025-06-23T10:18:21.209467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474248 2025-06-23T10:18:16.510474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242607 2022-09-26T14:24:35.389864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255656 2025-06-23T10:18:10.256494 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 255983 2018-12-21T21:58:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20914 2025-06-23T10:18:21.371399 application/rdf+xml 10289 2025-06-23T10:18:11.487473 image/jpeg 1941 2025-06-23T10:18:11.442489 image/jpeg 96313 2018-12-21T21:58:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 383994 2018-12-21T21:58:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 389356 2025-06-23T10:18:10.925077 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 en.wikipedia