THE CAMPING OUT / YOUNG YACHTERS SERIES
By C.A. Stephens

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This relatively early boys' series was written shortly after the Civil War, and follows the voyages of four boys -- Kit, Wade, Wash, and Raed -- as they sail around the world. Three of the boys are from Northern families; the fourth is the son of a Southerner who, after the war, took his wife and daughters to Brazil as part of the mass emigration of the Confederados (the boys visit the family in On the Amazon.) Each volume is narrated in the first person by one of the four boys. The writing style and tone are more sophisticated than the later, Stratemeyer-type series, and some moments are very funny indeed. The treating of then-contemporary issues, such as the social awkwardness of meeting relatives who had favored the other side in the war, or discussions of Darwin's theory of evolution, make this a more-than-usually interesting series. 

CAMPING OUT: As Recorded by "Kit" -- 1876. Osgood; Coates; Porter & Coates; Winston; Hurst.

LEFT ON LABRADOR; or, The Cruise of the Schooner-Yacht "Curlew": As recorded by "Wash" -- 1873. Osgood; Porter & Coates; Winston; Hurst.

OFF TO THE GEYSERS; or, The Young Yachters in Iceland, as Recorded by "Wade" -- 1873. Osgood; Coates; Porter & Coates; Winston; Hurst.

LYNX-HUNTING: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out" -- 1873. Osgood; Porter & Coates; Hurst; Winston.

FOX-HUNTING: As Recorded by Reed. 1872. Osgood; Coates; Winston; Hurst.

ON THE AMAZONS; or, The Cruise of the Rambler -- 1874. Osgood; Coates; Porter & Coates; Hurst; Winston.

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