Synopses & Reviews
These are the adventures of the Rover boys, Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover, the three sons of Anderson Rover, a geological expert and rich mine owner and who is missing in Africa. They had been living with their Uncle, Randolph Rover, who had decided they needed the discipline and experience of living and learning in a military academy, Putnam Hall. * * * * In The Rover Boys in the Jungle a sea captain's strange letter spurs the Rover boys, accompanied by their Uncle Randolph, to set out for the heart of Africa, the Dark Continent, to find their long-lost father. On the way they find Alexander Pop, who had formerly been a waiter at Putnam Hall. While hunting for their father they run across Josiah Crabtree, who was out with an exploring party from Yale, and with Dan Baxter. What dastardly plots do these two dubious characters have in mind for the Rover boys? Plus, they discover Mr. Rover is a prisoner of a savage African tribe. How do they rescue their father and evade the plots of Josiah and Dan? * * * * In The Rover Boys Out West Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover are summoned home from Putnam Hall when their father is attacked by a mysterious intruder. They discover that the thief stole information about their father's lost mine. Their father can't do it himself, so the boys head out west intending to find and defend their father's property from their old nemesis's, Dan Baxter and Josiah Crabtree. Will friends of Dan and Josiah successfully mislead the boys? Will Dan Baxter capture the boys and carry through his threats of mayhem? The old west certainly puts the boys to the test * * * * The Rover Boys in the Jungle and The Rover Boys Out West were published in 1899 and 1900, respectively, and the original eight Stacy Burch illustrations are included. * * * * Check out the other children's and juvenile books published by Flying Chipmunk Publishing at www.FlyingChipmunkPublishing.com