Back in the first half of the 1900s, adventure series about boys were bountiful. Now, the only one still around is the Hardy Boys, but back then there were hundreds of these series, maybe more. I picked this book to read mostly because it was in such great shape. I am always mystified when I find an old book with white pages. How does that happen, especially in the middle of the depression?
Tongues of Flame, by Ernest L. Thurston (HC, 1934, $6, which is 1/3 the internet price.)
I LOVED THIS BOOK!
The four main characters go off to a logging camp to survey a forest, and to find the camp's saboteur. Tongues of Flame starts out with our three heroes driving a logging locomotive up to the camp, and trying to survive a storm, a fallen tree, a fragile trestle, a landslide over the tacks, and an oncoming train. All this in just the first 20 pages!
You could buy this for a child you know, but you could also buy it for yourself.
(Avail. 12/28.) Look for this in the young adult section.
Note: If you look on the inside of the dust jacket you will find lists (in very small print) of 32 juvenile book series, including Camp Fire Girls, Camp Fire Boys, and Uncle Wiggily, but not the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew. (Those were published by another company.)
