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Indlæser... Code of Honoraf Earl Reed Silvers
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Although I wouldn't describe the two "Avalon College" novels as personal favorites, when it comes to Earl Reed Silvers' works, they are engaging, and do open a fascinating window into another time. There is less overt talk of good sportsmanship leading to good citizenship in Code of Honor, although that is always a concern in the author's work. Rather, there is more attention paid to the personal choices young men make, when faced with what they want and what they feel is right. This is not unexpected, given the title of the book. For my part, although I enjoyed revisiting these characters, I was far more interested in the oblique references to wider social developments at the time of the book's publication, in 1932. At one point a benefit basketball game is held to aid the students working their way through Avalon, because one hundred boys had lost the Christmas-break work they had been expecting, when it was given to "unemployed heads of families." Although the author does not mention the Great Depression specifically, this is a clear reference to what was going on in the economic world at that time. Similarly, the sub-plot involving a student importing illegal alcohol onto campus from nearby Milltown, and working as an agent for the bootlegger Salvatore, points to events in the wider culture. The mention of "Federal laws," and the duty to uphold them in the face of this activity, is a clear reference to Prohibition, a period lasting from 1920 to 1933, in which it was illegal to produce, import, transport, or sell alcohol. Fascinating stuff!
All in all, this was an engaging follow-up to The Scarlet of Avalon, and is one I would recommend to anyone who read that earlier book, or who enjoys sports fiction for young people and/or vintage boys' fare. ( )