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Colonel George Durston was a fictional author created by the Saalfield Publishing Company, who was credited with the authorship of various American series books. Durston is credited for the "Boy Scouts" series, 24 volumes originally published by Saalfield between 1912 and 1919.
George Durston's "The Boy Scout Aviators" is an adventurous and captivating novel that intertwines the issues of scouting, aviation, and younger exploration. Published all through a time when aviation turned into in its infancy and the Boy Scouts movement changed into gaining momentum, this book gives an interesting tale that encapsulates the spirit of adventure and the values of scouting. The narrative follows a set of Boy Scouts who embark on an amazing adventure into the arena of aviation. As they immerse themselves within the thrill of flight, they examine invaluable training about braveness, teamwork, and self-discovery. The story no longer most effective serves as a thrilling journey h...
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "As long as I can't be at home," said Harry Fleming, "I'd rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of !" "Rather!" said his companion, Dick Mercer. "I say, Harry, it must be funny to be an American!" Harry laughed heartily. "I'd be angry, Dick," he said, finally, "if that wasn't so English - and so funny! Still, I suppose that's one reason you Britishers are as big an empire as you are. You think it's sort of funny and a bit of a misfortune, don't you, to be anything but English ?"
The Boy Scouts to the Rescue by George Durston There were three figures lying in the bottom of the great shell crater that yawned close to the German line. It had been made by a French shell, so a great mound of dirt had been cast up on the side next the enemy. One of the bodies in the close group lay in the stiff, distorted attitude in which a sudden and horrible death had frozen him. The second lay quite limp, unseeing, uncaring--the attitude of a man desperately hurt. Only the third, rather small and slender, lay curled up much as a vigilant cat might, trying to give the impression of sleep or death, but with every faculty and nerve like live wires. His eyes were open, and with every ounc...
Colonel George Durston was a fictional author created by the Saalfield Publishing Company credited for the "Boy Scouts" series, 24 volumes originally published 1912 and 1919. Ghostwriters for the series included Frederick Dey, J.W. Duffield, William A. Wolf, and Georgia Roberts Durston.
"[...]modern baths, lights and heat. But the lower part of the city, lying along the left bank of the river Vistula, was filled with a strange mixture of terrified people. In all the throngs, huddled in streets and alleys, storehouses and ware-rooms, there was perhaps no stranger group than the one gathered in a dark corner of a great building where machinery of some sort had been manufactured. This had, strangely enough, escaped destruction and stood unharmed in a street where everything bore the scars of shells or bombs. The engines were stopped; the great wheels motionless; the broad belts sagged hopelessly. Even the machinery seemed to feel the terrible blow [...]".
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Colonel George Durston was a collective pseudonym used by the Saalfield Publishing Company as the author of various American series books. Durston is credited for the "Boy Scouts" series, 24 volumes originally published by Saalfield between 1912 and 1919. Ghostwriters for the series included Frederick Dey, J.W. Duffield, William A. Wolf, and Georgia Roberts Durston. Col. Durston was also credited with the Potter Brother books, which appeared in the six-book "Stars and Stripes" Series.