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Published in 1918, Marieken de Bruin: Somewhere in Belgium by Martha Trent is part of the Somewhere series. Each volume details the story of a girl in a different country during the First World War. The hardback cover is olive, with the image of a…

The Campfire Girls' Duty Call is the fifth in the Campfire Girls series. Created in 1909 as the female counterpart to the Boy Scouts of America, this series was produced and commissioned by the official Campfire Girls organization. This book follows…

This guide was intended for young children to provide first aid to one another during the Second World War.

Published under the pseudonym "Laura Lee Hope," The Outdoor Girls series is a product of the Stratemeyer Syndicate and was published from 1913 to 1933 by Grosset and Dunlap in hardcover with dust jacket. Volumes 7 through 23 were written by Elizabeth…

Captain Lucy's Flying Ace is the sequel to Captain Lucy in France and the third book in the Captain Lucy series. The introduction promises that "the young British officer whom she helped... meets her again in this in this present story." Notably, it…

Published in 1918, Lucia Rudini: Somewhere in Italy by Martha Trent is part of the Somewhere series. Each volume details the story of a girl in a different country during the First World War. Cloth. Illustrated.
From the dustcover: "Around a…

Sublished in 1918, Alice Blythe: Somewhere in England by Martha Trent is part of the "Somewhere in War" series. Each volume details the story of a girl in a different country during the First World War. The hardback cover is olive, with the image of…

Thomas Hughes was an adherent of Muscular Christianity, a philosophical movement of the nineteenth century. which promoted a belief in patriotic duty, discipline, self-sacrifice, masculinity, and the moral and physical beauty of athleticism. Thomas…

A didactic school story, Tom Brown's Schooldays was intended to instill young boys in the tradition of British masculinity, through providing positive examples of tenacity, athletics, and schoolboy bravery. Thomas Hughes was an adherent of Muscular…

The second in the series by Winn Standish, Captain Jack Lorimer or the Young Athletes of Millvale High tells the story of Jack Lorimer, a young athlete. From the original sales sheet: "Jack Lorimer is a fine example of the all-around American…