Books with author H. Irving Hancock

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This book,printed in 1910, is the first book in a of a series of three adventure books intended for young readers during the period just before WWI. Dave Darrin and his best friend, Dan Dalzell, have been appointed as midshipmen and will now attend school at Annapolis, the United States Naval Academy. Here is where they will train to hopefully become Naval officers. They have a tough road ahead of them with four years of school as midshipmen, then sent to sea for two more years, after which they must pass rigorous examinations before they could be commissioned as ensigns. They both have big dreams and hope to someday become admirals. This volume gives the story of the rough, first year at Annapolis for these green, young men who really have no idea where this adventure of a lifetime will lead.

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A QUESTION OF MIDSHIPMAN HONOR "How can a midshipman and gentleman act in that way?" The voice of Midshipman David Darrin, United States Navy, vibrated uneasily as he turned to his comrades. "It's a shame—that's what it is," quivered Mr. Farley, also of the third class at the United States Naval Academy. "But the question is," propounded Midshipman Dan Dalzell, "what are we going to do about it?" "Is it any part of our business to bother with the fellow?" demanded Farley half savagely. Now Farley was rather hot-tempered, though he was "all there" in points that involved the honor of the brigade of midshipmen. Five midshipmen stood in the squalid, ill-odored back room of a Chinese laundry in the town of Annapolis. There was a sixth midshipman present in the handsome blue uniform of the brigade; and it was upon this sixth one that the anger and disgust of the other five had centered. He lay in a sleep too deep for stirring. On the still, foul air floated fumes that were new to those of his comrades who now gazed down on him. "To think that one of our class could make such a beast of himself!" sighed Dave Darrin.