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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aBalmer, Edwin,
_d1883-1959
245 1 0 _aRuth of the U. S. A.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-06-12
508 _aRoger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Ruth of the U. S. A." by Edwin Balmer is a novel written in the early 20th century, specifically around the end of World War I. The story centers on Ruth Alden, a young woman in Chicago navigating her way through the tumultuous atmosphere of war while harboring feelings for a soldier named Gerry Hull. As Ruth grapples with her mundane life working in real estate, her encounters with Gerry and the impact of the ongoing war lead her to contemplate her own role in the war effort. At the start of the book, Ruth awakens on an important day, anticipating the return of Gerry Hull from France. The opening chapters introduce readers to Ruth's feelings of admiration and guilt as she observes people around her, including a street beggar, while reflecting on the state of war and her longing to contribute. A series of unexpected events, including her impulsive purchase from the beggar, leads to her discovering a passport and a significant amount of money, setting the stage for a dramatic turn in her life. As she learns more about the identity of the passport holder, Ruth realizes she may have a vital role to play, possibly as a spy, which challenges her sense of duty and personal ambition amidst the chaos of a world at war. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
653 _aSpy stories
700 1 _aBetts, Harold Harrington,
_d1881-1951
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/ruthofusa00balm
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68296
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