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Motor Boat Boys

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Front cover of Motor Boat Boys' Mississippi Cruise, 1914 edition.

The Motor Boat Boys, by Louis Arundel, is a series of adventure books for boys, published by M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago, Illinois, from 1912 through 1915. The series featured six teen-aged boys of the Motor Boat Club, and their adventures on various waterways.

Boats and crews

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  • Tramp
Pilot: Jack Stormaways (also Commodore of the Motor Boat Club)
Mate: Jimmy Brannagan
  • Wireless
Pilot: George Rollins
Mate: Nick Longfellow
  • Comfort
Pilot: Herb Dickson
Mate: Josh Purdue

Series titles

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  • Motor Boat Boys' Mississippi Cruise; or The Dash for Dixie, 1912.
  • Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes; or Exploring the Mystic Isle of Mackinac, 1912.
  • Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence River; or Adventures Among the Thousand Islands , 1912.
  • Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys; or The Struggle for the Leadership, 1913.
  • Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast; or Through Storm and Stress to Florida, 1913.
  • Motor Boat Boys' River Chase; or Six Chums Afloat and Ashore, 1914.
  • Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube; or Caught in the Whirlpool of War, 1915.
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