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In this series of remarkable stories by Wilmer M. Ely are describedthe adventures of two boy chums--Charley West and Walter Hazard--inthe great swamps of interior Florida and among the cays off the FloridaCoast, and through the Bahama Islands. These are real, live boys, andtheir experiences are well worth following. If you read one book youwill surely be anxious for those that are to follow.
THE BOY CHUMS ON INDIAN RIVER, or The Boy Partners of the Schooner"Orphan."
In this story Charley West and Walter Hazard meet deadly rattlesnakes;have a battle with a wild panther; are attacked by outlaws; their boatis towed by a swordfish; they are shipwrecked by a monster manateefish, and pass safely through many exciting scenes of danger.
THE BOY CHUMS ON HAUNTED ISLAND, or Hunting for Pearls in the BahamaIslands.
This book tells the story of the boy chums, Charley West and WalterHazard, whose adventures on the schooner "Eager Quest," hunting forpearls among the Bahama Islands, are fully recorded. Their hairbreadthescapes from the treacherous quicksands and dangerous water spouts; howthey lost their vessel and were cast away on a lonely island, and theirescape therefrom are fully told.
THE BOY CHUMS IN THE FOREST, or Hunting for Plume Birds in the FloridaEverglades.
The story of the boy chums hunting the blue herons and the pink andwhite egrets for their plumes in the forests of Florida is full ofdanger and excitement. How the chums encountered the Indians; theirbattles with the escaped convicts; their fight with the wild boars andalligators are fully told.
THE BOY CHUMS' PERILOUS CRUISE, or Searching for Wreckage on theFlorida Coast.
This story of the boy chums' adventures on and off the Florida Coastdescribes many scenes of daring and adventure, in hunting for shipsstranded and cargoes washed ashore. The boy chums passed through manyexciting scenes, on shore and island; and the loss of their vessel, the"Eager Quest," they will long remember.
THE BOY CHUMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, or a Dangerous Cruise with theGreek Spongers.
This story of the boy chums, Charley West and Walter Hazard, huntingfor sponges, is filled with many adventures. The dangers of gatheringsponges are fully described; the chums meet with sharks and alligators;and they are cast away on a desert island. Their rescue and arrivalhome make a most interesting story.
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