Tom Slade At Temple Camp { Illustrated }

In this adventure Tom Does it the Hard Way Instead of doing the sensible thing and taking the train to faraway Temple Camp, Tom Slade decides to get there on his own, first by canoe and then on foot. Accompanied by fellow scouts Roy Blakeley and Pee-wee Harris, Tom braves fire, flood, mystery, an escaped convict, possible murder-and even faces down a lawyer. First published in 1917, this book is a classic boys' adventure by Percy Keese Fitzhugh, and has delighted generations of readers. It is imbued with the can-do spirit of the time, when nothing seemed impossible (and nothing was impossible) to a boy with stalwart friends and the courage of his convictions. (In the Tom Slades, one finds virtue, poverty, injustice, and the overcoming of great evil. These Scout stories are close to nature and realistic, and in many ways still timely. --David M. Baumann, The Mystery and Adventure Series Review #33, Spring 2000)