Project Gutenberg 2022-06-12 Public domain in the USA. 225 Balmer, Edwin 1883 1959 Betts, Harold Harrington 1881 1951 Betts, Harold H. 19005429 Ruth of the U. S. A. $aUnited States :$bA. C. McClurg & Co.,$c1919. Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Ruth of the U. S. A." by Edwin Balmer is a novel written in the early 20th century, specifically around the end of World War I. The story centers on Ruth Alden, a young woman in Chicago navigating her way through the tumultuous atmosphere of war while harboring feelings for a soldier named Gerry Hull. As Ruth grapples with her mundane life working in real estate, her encounters with Gerry and the impact of the ongoing war lead her to contemplate her own role in the war effort. At the start of the book, Ruth awakens on an important day, anticipating the return of Gerry Hull from France. The opening chapters introduce readers to Ruth's feelings of admiration and guilt as she observes people around her, including a street beggar, while reflecting on the state of war and her longing to contribute. A series of unexpected events, including her impulsive purchase from the beggar, leads to her discovering a passport and a significant amount of money, setting the stage for a dramatic turn in her life. As she learns more about the identity of the passport holder, Ruth realizes she may have a vital role to play, possibly as a spy, which challenges her sense of duty and personal ambition amidst the chaos of a world at war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/ruthofusa00balm 20220303061036balmer 1919 US Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction Spy stories PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: American Literature 612991 2025-06-27T06:26:25.600174 text/html 592312 2024-10-18T22:31:44 text/html 1293820 2025-06-27T06:26:33.810177 application/epub+zip 1293792 2025-06-27T06:26:27.341197 application/epub+zip 529624 2025-06-27T06:26:26.212156 application/epub+zip 2202003 2025-06-27T06:26:38.522184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2171132 2025-06-27T06:26:33.009162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1407461 2022-09-30T18:26:19.039748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 584593 2025-06-27T06:26:25.019220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 564622 2024-10-18T22:31:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17516 2025-06-27T06:26:38.663103 application/rdf+xml 18104 2025-06-27T06:26:26.413163 image/jpeg 2672 2025-06-27T06:26:26.312166 image/jpeg 2343882 2025-06-27T06:26:25.673236 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