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Motor Boat Boys

The Motor Boat Boys, by Louis Arundel, is a series of adventure books for boys, published by M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago, Illinois, from 1912 through 1915. The series featured six teen-aged boys of the Motor Boat Club, and their adventures on various waterways.

The first book in the series, Motor Boat Boys, followed a group of boys racing down the Mississippi River. Along the way, the boys encountered numerous difficulties but succeeded in winning the race.

Boats and crews

  • Tramp ::Pilot: Jack Stormaways (also Commodore of the Motor Boat Club) ::Mate: Jimmy Brannagan

  • Wireless ::Pilot: George Rollins ::Mate: Nick Longfellow

  • Comfort ::Pilot: Herb Dickson ::Mate: Josh Purdue

Series titles

  • Motor Boat Boys' Mississippi Cruise; or The Dash for Dixie, 1912.
  • Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes; or Exploring the Mystic Isle of Mackinac, 1912.
  • *Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence River; or Adventures Among the Thousand Islands *, 1912.
  • Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys; or The Struggle for the Leadership, 1913.
  • Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast; or Through Storm and Stress to Florida, 1913.
  • Motor Boat Boys' River Chase; or Six Chums Afloat and Ashore, 1914.
  • Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube; or Caught in the Whirlpool of War, 1915.

References

References

  1. Soderbergh, Peter A.. (Spring 1974). "The South in Juvenile Series Books, 1907-1917". [[The Mississippi Quarterly]].
  2. Andrews, Clarence. (1992). "Michigan in Literature". [[Wayne State University Press]].
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