Rounding up the Raider: A Naval Story of the Great War

Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), 1876-1959Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.3
Word count
333K words
Chapters
34

Tags

English Originals War and Military FictionMilitary Military StrategyNaval CombatFleet LifeAdventure JourneyVengeance and GratitudeHeroismPatriotismSuspenseful PlotWorld War IYouth Reading

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Rounding up the Raider: A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. WestermanAuthor: Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), 1876-1959,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Jun 23, 2011

Editor's review

This is a First World War naval adventure novel for young readers by the British author Percy F. Westerman, classified as juvenile literature. The title “Rounding up the Raider” names the core action: the hunt for a raider, with the story built around pursuit at sea, shipboard operations, and a boy's coming of age against the backdrop of war. Westerman excels at creating a sense of immediacy through brisk pacing and concrete nautical detail; the book is representative of the juvenile reading of its time, offering both an adventure story and a sense of how British naval fiction of the First World War was told. As a free Project Gutenberg ebook, it is easy to obtain and suits readers interested in naval history, the First World War setting, or classic juvenile adventure literature. Readers should note the work's pronounced period stance and wartime propaganda flavor and view them historically. The English original makes some demands in nautical terminology, so background materials are recommended alongside the text.

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Reading tips

  1. Learn some First World War naval background before reading to lower the barrier of terminology.
  2. Excerpt the nautical and shipboard descriptions separately as terminology study material.
  3. After finishing, compare the story with First World War history to examine the novel's period stance and narrative choices.

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Contents

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FAQ

What age group is this book suitable for? The original is classified as juvenile literature (PZ), and the narrative is mainly adventure, suitable for young readers with some English reading ability as well as adults. The material gives no specific age recommendation; readers can judge by their own English level.
Is the story set in the First World War? Yes. The subtitle is “A Naval Story of the Great War,” that is, a naval story of the Great War, pointing to the First World War, with the content built around operations to round up a raider at sea.
What else did the author write? The material shows only that the author is Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959) and provides no list of his works. It is certain that he wrote this First World War naval novel for young readers; other works should not be guessed here.

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About the author

Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), 1876-1959 Author

Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959) was a British author known for adventure novels for young readers. Public information about him is limited, and few details of his life are available. The library holds 36 of his works, mostly naval and war stories: A Watch-dog of the North Sea and Under the White Ensign are set against naval operations in the Great War; The Nameless Island is a modern Robinson Crusoe tale of survival on a deserted island; and The Quest of the Golden Hope returns to seventeenth-century maritime adventure. He also wrote early aviation fiction such as The Dreadnought of the Air, and battlefield stories like A Lively Bit of the Front, about the New Zealand Rifles on the Western Front. His novels are tightly plotted, with attention to technical detail and discipline, and were influential in early twentieth-century English boys' fiction.