Boys' school, sports, and scout stories

15 books

Carl and the Cotton GinSara Ware Bassett · 1919A 1919 children's novel from Sara Ware Bassett's Invention Series, following teenager Carl McGregor, who grows up in a city tenement and becomes involved with the cotton industry, learning about cotton gins, spinning, and textile manufacturing.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Chester Rand; or, The New Path to FortuneHoratio Alger · 1903A 1903 boys' novel by Horatio Alger in which Chester Rand, a fifteen-year-old store clerk in the Pennsylvania town of Wyncombe, loses his job and struggles to support his widowed mother while seeking his fortune, eventually finding work and adventure in New York.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Frank Merriwell Down SouthBurt L. Standish · 1903A 1903 boys' adventure novel in the Frank Merriwell series by Burt L. Standish. Frank, his guardian Professor Scotch, and his chum Hans travel in Mexico, where a dying man's tale of a hidden Silver Palace and a treasure map leads them into kidnapping, desert travels, and mysteries in the Everglades.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Frank Merriwell's Pursuit; Or, How to WinBurt L. Standish · 1903A dime-novel adventure from the Merriwell series, this book follows Frank Merriwell as he is pursued by the vengeful Porfias del Norte, who survives a gunshot wound and swears to destroy him.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Fred Fenton on the Crew; Or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport SchoolAllen Chapman · 1913A 1913 boys' school sports novel in the Fred Fenton Athletic Series, following Riverport schoolboy Fred Fenton and his friends as they form a rowing crew, compete in races, and help clear his chum Bristles of suspicion after missing opals are blamed on him.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Fred Fenton on the Track; Or, The Athletes of Riverport SchoolAllen Chapman · 1911A 1911 illustrated boys' novel in the Fred Fenton Athletic Series, following high school athlete Fred Fenton and his Riverport friends through cross-country running competitions, an athletic meet, and the family's ongoing efforts to secure a disputed Alaska mining claim.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange ExperienceHoratio Alger · 1905A 1905 juvenile novel by Horatio Alger in which Nat Nason, a poor farm boy chafing under his miserly uncle, leaves for New York City, where he loses money to a swindler and must work hard to earn success honestly.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Steve and the Steam EngineSara Ware Bassett · 1917A 1917 boys' novel from Sara Ware Bassett's Invention Series, following young Steve Tolman, who takes his father's automobile without permission and learns lessons about machinery and responsibility.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Ted and the TelephoneSara Ware Bassett · 1910A 1910 juvenile novel from Bassett's Invention Series, this story follows Ted Turner, a boy in a New Hampshire mill town who dislikes factory life, and intertwines his story with the history of the telephone's invention.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town StoryWilliam Dean Howells · 1902An illustrated 1902 boys' story by William Dean Howells, part of his Boy's Town series, about a boy named Pony Baker who feels his mother is overprotective and repeatedly plans to run away, with schemes involving an Indian reservation, a circus, and a raft.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Rover Boys on a Hunt; or, The Mysterious House in the WoodsEdward Stratemeyer · 1922A boys' adventure novel from 1922, the fourth volume of the Second Rover Boys Series, following Jack, Randy, Andy, and Fred Rover from Colby Hall on a winter hunting trip to Cedar Lodge, where they discover a mysterious house in the woods and uncover its secret.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island; or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure BoxEdward Stratemeyer · 1910A juvenile adventure novel from the Rover Boys series, this 1910 book follows Jack, Fred, Andy, and Randy Rover, cadets at Colby Hall Military Academy, as they visit Snowshoe Island for winter hunting and become involved in a mystery helping an old lumberman establish his claim to the island.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam HallEdward Stratemeyer · 1906A 1906 juvenile adventure novel, the twelfth book in the Rover Boys series, following brothers Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover through comic and mysterious escapades at their family farm and during their final days at Putnam Hall school.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle; or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam YachtEdward Stratemeyer · 1907A juvenile adventure novel, the thirteenth volume of the Rover Boys series, following brothers Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover as they graduate from Putnam Hall, cruise on a steam yacht, and search for treasure said to be hidden on an island.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Walter and the WirelessSara Ware Bassett · 1917A 1917 juvenile novel from Bassett's Invention Series, following fifteen-year-old Walter King, a coastal New England boy who takes a summer job caring for a wealthy family's dogs while learning about wireless radio technology.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية