Register Guidelines E-Books Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book General > Reading Recommendations

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 05-24-2011, 02:07 PM   #1
jdege
Connoisseur
jdege began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 65
Karma: 10
Join Date: May 2011
Device: Samsung Tablet
The Boy Scout novels

Some months back, fed up with what I'd been finding on the bookshelves, lately, I began re-reading some old SF that'd I'd first read as a teen, back in the 70's.

That lead me to Robert Heinlein, and that got me started on Heinlein's juveniles. Several of these involved Boy Scouts. And that got me looking at Percy Keese Fitzhugh's old Boy Scout novels - Tom Slade, Roy Blakely, Pee-wee Harris, et al.

My grandmother had a copy of "Tom Slade, Boy Scout", and of "Pee-wee Harris, F.O.B. Bridgeboro", that I'd read as a kid. All-in-all, Fitzhugh wrote something like 70 of these, in five different series, over the space of 25 or 30 years.

Only a few of them have been reprinted, and the originals were printed on cheap paper, and aren't in good shape for casual reading. But 28 of them were published prior to 1923, and are in the public domain. Nearly all of these are available as free ebooks, if you go looking.

I'm currently reading "Roy Blakely's Silver Fox Patrol", 1920, Grosset & Dunlap.

It's opening is just fun:

Quote:
While I was sitting on a rock down in our field eating a banana, I had a dandy thought, and I was going to begin this story by telling you about it, only now I forget what it was.

Anyway, Mr. Ellsworth says it's best to begin a story with a conversation. He says conversations are even better than bananas to begin with. But, gee whiz, I like bananas. If I began with conversation that means I have to begin it with Pee-wee Harris, because he always does the talking in our troop. He can even talk and eat a banana at the same time."
jdege is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-24-2011, 03:11 PM   #2
carpetmojo
Wizard
carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.carpetmojo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 3,117
Karma: 9269999
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: UK
Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5
Very British, but "Just William" is sort of naughty boy, not scouts but outlaws, and dated, but great fun............

Last edited by carpetmojo; 05-24-2011 at 03:12 PM. Reason: Missed a bit...
carpetmojo is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Short Fiction Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout. V1. 18 Dec 2010 crutledge Kindle Books 0 12-18-2010 07:07 AM
Short Fiction Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout. V1. 18 Dec 2010 crutledge ePub Books 0 12-18-2010 07:06 AM
Short Fiction Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout. V1. 18 Dec 2010 crutledge BBeB/LRF Books 0 12-18-2010 07:04 AM
Action Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Under Boy Scout Colors. V1. 30 July 2010 crutledge Kindle Books 0 07-30-2010 12:22 PM
Lerrigo, Charles Henry: The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters. v1. 24 Sep 07 HarryT Kindle Books (offline) 0 09-24-2007 04:15 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:00 AM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.