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100 1 _aPendleton, Louis,
_d1861-1939
245 1 0 _aCaptain Ted: A Boy's Adventures Among Hiding Slackers in the Great Georgia Swamp
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
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 2010-11-15
508 _aProduced by Patrick Hopkins, Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Captain Ted: A Boy's Adventures Among Hiding Slackers in the Great Georgia Swamp" by Louis Pendleton is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around two boys, Ted and Hubert, who embark on a quest to find a Christmas tree in the snowy Georgia landscape, only to find themselves lost in the treacherous Okefinokee Swamp. Their misadventures lead them to encounter draft-dodgers hiding from the war, shifting the narrative towards themes of bravery, duty, and the moral implications of avoiding military service. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Ted and Hubert as they prepare for a snowy Christmas by venturing into the woods for a tree. Their playful sledding unexpectedly lands them in a pit, where they must devise an escape plan. The opening chapters not only establish the boys' resourcefulness but also provide insight into their contrasting characters: Ted is adventurous and driven, inclined to act while Hubert tends to be more cautious and fearful. This dynamic sets the stage for their deeper exploration of the swamp, where they eventually learn of the slackers hiding there, leading to moral dilemmas that frame their adventure in a context of wartime responsibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBoy Scouts -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aOkefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.) -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34333
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