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THE ADVENTURE BOYS/JEWEL SERIES |
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| "A series of stories
brimming with hardy adventure, vivid and accurate in detail, and with a good
foundation of probability. They take the reader realistically to the scene
of the action. Besides being lively and full of real situations, they are
written in a straightforward way very attractive to boy readers."
-- Cupples and Leon advertisement
A fairly run-of-the mill boys' adventure series in which New York orphans Jimmy and Bret travel the world searching for jewels and battling non-Caucasians, all of whom -- regardless of country of origin -- seem to be cannibals. One odd thing about the series is the often-repeated allusions to "white-man power," when the heroes are in a threatening situation -- in the same sense that, say, Spiderman would call on his secret "spidey senses," or the Wonder Twins would touch bracelets and activate their "Wondertwin Powers." White-man power apparently makes the Adventure Boys invincible, even when facing the most ridiculous odds. Cupples & Leon later published the four books in an omnibus edition called "Strange Adventure Stories for Boys." |
THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE VALLEY OF DIAMONDS -- "Malcolm
Edwards and his son Ralph are adventurers with ample means for following up
their interest in jewel clues. In this book they form a party of five,
including Jimmy Stone and Bret Hartson, boys of Ralph's age, and a shrewd
level-headed sailor named Stanley Greene, They find a valley of diamonds in
the heart of Africa." -- 1927. Cupples &
Leon. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE RIVER OF EMERALDS -- "The five adventurers, staying at a hotel in San Francisco, find that Pedro the elevator man has an interesting story of a hidden "river of emeralds" in Peru, to tell. With him as guide, they set out to find it, escape various traps set for them by jealous Peruvians, and are much amused by Pedro all through the experience." -- 1927. Cupples & Leon. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE LAGOON OF PEARLS -- "This time the group starts out on a cruise simply for pleasure, but their adventuresome spirits lead them into the thick of things on a South Sea cannibal island" -- 1927. Cupples & Leon. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE TEMPLE OF RUBIES -- 1928. Cupples & Leon. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE ISLAND OF SAPPHIRES -- 1929. Cupples & Leon. |
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