The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice

Published originally in 1911, this novel written for young adults is the first of six describing the adventures of Ned Strong and Herc Taylor, two rural farm boys, cousins, who decide to leave the farm owned by their parsimonious grandfather who raised them and run off to join the U. S. Navy in the period shortly before the United States decided to enter World War I (1914–1918), known as the "Great War." The storyline of this first novel is about their decision to join the navy, their train...