Left Half Harmon

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Left Half Harmon

by Ralph Henry Barbour

EN·~6 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total
1

ILLUSTRATIONS

0:16
2

CHAPTER I THE THREE GUARDSMEN

18:13
3

CHAPTER II KIDNAPPED!

14:51
4

CHAPTER III HELD BY THE ENEMY

8:41
5

CHAPTER IV HARMON COMES TO TERMS

17:13
6

CHAPTER V THE WRONG BOY

12:21
7

CHAPTER VI FIRST DAYS AT ALTON

12:36
8

CHAPTER VII IN THE COACH’S ROOM

13:34
9

CHAPTER VIII THE BOY IN THE GREEN SWEATER

16:55
10

CHAPTER IX M’NATT ON SCIENCE

17:05

Description

Three young men stride from a bustling Fifth Avenue stage onto the crowded streets of New York, their outfits a subtle echo of a disciplined past. Their camaraderie is evident in the quiet jokes and shared luggage, yet an unexpected theft in Grand Central turns their routine outing into a chaotic dash through a sea of commuters. The narrative captures the city’s kinetic energy—cabbies braking, crowds parting, a thief’s deft escape—while keeping a wry, almost theatrical tone.

The story unfolds with a blend of humor and tension, as the boys scramble after the thief, dropping parcels and sparking a whirlwind of shouted warnings. Amid the confusion, a sudden, surprising intervention hints at deeper undercurrents waiting to surface. This opening sets a lively stage for a tale that balances swift action with the quirks of youthful friendship, inviting listeners to follow the chase and wonder what lies beyond the bustling platform.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (347K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2014-10-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ralph Henry Barbour

Ralph Henry Barbour

1870–1944

Best known for lively school and sports stories, this prolific American novelist turned teamwork, rivalry, and school spirit into fast-moving fiction for young readers. He wrote more than 100 novels, and many of them helped define the tone of early 20th-century boys' sports books.

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