Dot ... dot ... dash ... dot—"Fire!": Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Dot ... dot ... dash ... dot—"Fire!": author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Dot ... dot ... dash ... dot—"Fire!" is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Detzer, Clarice (1895–1982).
Catalogue synopsis
Project Gutenberg supplies this automated synopsis of the opening text:
Dot ... dot ... dash ... dot—"Fire!" by Clarice Detzer is a short adventure story written in the early 20th century. It follows a Girl Scout at a lakeside camp who proves her worth when a storm sparks a hotel fire and she uses wigwag signaling to summon help. The story centers on Edna James, a sixteen-year-old raised at a coast guard station by her uncle, Captain Eli James. Feeling out of place among city girls at camp, Edna quietly excels at practical skills. After a gruff hotel owner, Vanbalken, complains about the scouts, a sudden squall rolls in; lightning strikes near his Ridge View Hotel and smoke rises. During signal practice, Edna stays steady under pressure, flashes the urgent message “Fire at Ridge View” along the line of girls, and help arrives quickly. She then assists with first aid for a shocked telephone operator. With the blaze contained and the scouts’ own camp blown down by the wind, Vanbalken apologizes and hosts the troop, while Miss Mills publicly affirms Edna’s courage and calm.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Dot ... dot ... dash ... dot—"Fire!"
- Author credits: Detzer, Clarice (1895–1982)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Camping -- Juvenile fiction
- Girl Scouts -- Juvenile fiction
- Michigan, Lake -- Juvenile fiction
- Short stories
- Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
Read this edition
View the complete Gutenberg catalogue record. Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the United States; that designation does not establish its copyright status in every country.
Source notes
Catalogue metadata is public domain and is supplied through Gutendex, which imports Gutenberg's machine-readable catalogue. The automated synopsis is source-supplied, not an independently verified review. Author dates above describe the credited people; no ebook release date is presented as the book's original publication date.
Sources
More in Books & Authors
Keep reading
