The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-West Frontier

Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.4
Word count
576K words
Chapters
58

Tags

English Originals War and Military Fiction Military PatrolAdventure JourneyImperial AdventureHeroismExotic CultureColonial BackgroundNorthwest FrontierYouth 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.The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-west Frontier by Herbert StrangAuthor: ,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Mar 26, 2013

Editor's review

This is a boys' adventure novel by Herbert Strang, set against the North-west Frontier and centered on an air patrol. As a free Project Gutenberg eBook, its primary value lies in open access: readers can read an English adventure narrative bearing the marks of its era at no cost, making it suitable for observing the thematic interests and narrative pace of early twentieth-century juvenile fiction. The frontier and aviation elements offer a degree of exotic imagination and a sense of action, but the language is English and the book is early, so some expressions and attitudes require the reader's own critical judgment. It is best used as a public-domain document: either as extensive reading material in English or as a sample for understanding the early adventure novel genre. Because the electronic edition was prepared by volunteers, formatting and annotations may not be polished; focus on plot and language rather than seeking textual precision.

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  1. Read one chapter first to gauge the language difficulty, then decide between intensive and extensive reading.
  2. Keep pen and paper to note unfamiliar words and questions about the historical background, and look them up afterward.
  3. Read alongside similar public-domain adventure novels to compare recurring genre conventions.
  4. If used in class, preselect passages touching on frontier attitudes for discussion.

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Contents

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