# Ruth of the U. S. A.

Author: Balmer, Edwin, 1883-1959; Betts, Harold Harrington, 1881-1951 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68296

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ruth+of+the+U.+S.+A.+Balmer&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was the day for great destinies. Germany was starving; yet German armies, stronger and better prepared than ever before, were about to annihilate the British and the French. Austria, crumbling, was secretly suing for peace; yet Austria was awaiting only the melting of snow in the mountain passes before striking for Venice and Padua. Russia was reorganizing to fight again on the side of the allies; Russia, prostrate, had become a mere reservoir of manpower for the Hohenzollerns. The U-boats were beaten; the U-boats were sweeping the seas. America had half a million men in France; America had only “symbolical battalions” parading in Paris.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXI: THE RAID ON THE SCHLOSS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V: “YOU’RE NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII: “HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI: “WE’RE FIGHTING](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII: “ONE OF OUR OWN!](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI: THE RESISTANCE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX: AN OFFICERS’ PRISON](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII: FRANCE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: A BEGGAR AND A PASSPORT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV: FULL CONFESSION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII: THE MESSAGE IN CIPHER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X: THE GREAT ATTACK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI: INTO GERMANY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV: GERRY’S PROBLEM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII: BYRNE ARRIVES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX: THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII: “THE WAR’S OVER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: THE WAND OF WAR](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX: TO PICARDY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII: THE ROAD TO LAUENGRATZ](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: THE NEW RÔLE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV: AT MRS. CORLISS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ruth-of-the-u-s-a-68296/chapters/4/index.md)