_A Descriptive Catalog of_ FALCON BOOKS FOR BOYS
THE MERCER BOYS’ CRUISE IN THE LASSIE
_by Capwell Wyckoff_
When Don and Jim Mercer and their buddy Terry Mackson set out in theirsloop, _Lassie_, for a visit to Mystery Island, they were in search ofadventure and fun. But they quickly found they were getting more thanthey bargained for—real danger, a skirmish with marine bandits, and afight for their lives. This is a thrilling adventure story of threemodern boys—with action and excitement on every page.
THE MERCER BOYS AT WOODCREST
_by Capwell Wyckoff_
The mystery of Clanhammer Hall, at Woodcrest Military Academy,interested Don and Jim Mercer and their friend Terry Mackson from themoment of their arrival at Woodcrest. But their curiosity about the old,empty building faded into the back of their minds as they becameinvolved in the mysterious disappearance of their headmaster, ColonelMorrell, whom they had never seen. With initiative and ingenuity theMercer boys, aided by Cadet Vench, did a little detective work anduncovered a fantastic story of crime.
THE MERCER BOYS’ MYSTERY CASE
_by Capwell Wyckoff_
When Cadets Don and Jim Mercer and their friend Terry Mackson wereordered by Colonel Morrell of Woodcrest Military Academy to gathertogether all the school trophies, they were able to find all exceptone—the cup awarded to the class of 1933. What had happened to the cupwas a mystery the boys were determined to solve. And little by littleDon and Jim uncovered a strange story and unraveled a mystery that hadpuzzled school authorities for years. The Mercer boys uphold the honorof Woodcrest against a conspiracy of silence and dishonor.
THE MERCER BOYS ON A TREASURE HUNT
_by Capwell Wyckoff_
Don and Jim Mercer were prepared to spend a dull vacation at home whenProfessor Scott invited them to Lower California and a search forSpanish treasure. But their adventure was not all fun, for Don, Jim, andtheir friend Terry Mackson soon found themselves involved with a band ofruthless men determined to salvage the treasure for themselves and tostop at nothing to do it. Don and Jim fought for their lives in a seriesof startling adventures which make this story of buried treasure anabsorbing and exciting tale.
THE MERCER BOYS WITH THE COAST GUARD
_by Capwell Wyckoff_
When floods forced Woodcrest Military Academy to close, Don and JimMercer found themselves facing a dull two months at home. That was whythey eagerly accepted the chance to visit a coast guard station.
Don and Jim were anxious to participate in the thrilling rescues offDaggerpoint Rock and in the difficult beach patrols. But they didn’tbargain for a mystery which led them from one thrilling adventure toanother until they finally solved it.
_The Mercer Boys with the Coast Guard_ is a fast-paced, exciting storyevery boy will enjoy.
CALL TO ADVENTURE
_edited by Robert Spiers Benjamin_
Here is adventure of every kind! Fishing for the broad-bill swordfish inCatalina waters, an airplane crash in the Andalusian desert, a triparound Cape Horn, a shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, a walrus hunt, anencounter with cannibals, an attack by a bear from the ice floes ofGreenland to the matted jungles of the South Sea Islands, these men ofadventure sail and hunt and fight with a courage and abandon that willtransport every reader to another, more exciting world.
THE SPIRIT OF THE BORDER—_by Zane Grey_
Zane Grey’s famous novel of the old West when Indian raids were aneveryday affair and the guns of the scouts smoked in a perpetual trailof vengeance against the savages. Joe Downs went West, eager to join thescouts in their exciting life. His brother Jim followed him, to convertthe Indians. They found themselves up against the aroused Indians, ledby the renegades Simon and Jim Girty, in a war to the death.
A popular condensation of a thrilling story based on historic fact, bythe best of all Western writers.
THE LAST TRAIL—_by Zane Grey_
The Last Trail is the thrilling story of Helen Sheppard, beautifulnewcomer to the Wilderness, and Jonathan Zane, one of the last of thebordermen. Bordermen did not fall in love: theirs was the job oftracking down renegade white men and enemy Indians so that the settlersmight lead safe and peaceful lives. But when Helen was kidnapped by therenegades, Jonathan discovered how much he loved her; and he and hisfriend Wetzel set out on a trail of vengeance and destruction.
For the adventure and thrill of frontier life, _The Last Trail_ is hardto equal in the literature of the West. Zane Grey has told his storywith mastery and realism, and readers will love this exciting story fromthe pen of a master storyteller.
ON THE FORTY-YARD LINE—_by Jack Wright_
Jim Davis, the most popular man on the Grayson campus, was determined tomake the football team. His roommates Bob Clark and Chub Garver werealready football man and cheerleader respectively. It was easy for Jimto become Coach Kelso’s star passer, but it wasn’t so easy to stay onthe team. First, there was the secret between Professor Burke and Jim;second, there was Weldy Gray, who was out to ruin Jim at any cost.
_On the Forty-Yard Line_ is a story filled with the excitement offootball, and the courage and loyalty of three pals who fight with equalabandon for their school and for each other.
THE STRIKE-OUT KING—_by Julian de Vries_
From the moment Larry Murdock is chosen as regular pitcher for theCarson College nine, to the thrilling seconds of the big game withNorthern State when Larry battles against almost overwhelming odds, _TheStrike-Out King_ is an action-packed story of the diamond that willappeal to the sports-loving instinct of every American boy. An absorbingbook no reader will be able to put aside until the last word of the lastpage has been read.
THE WINNING BASKET—_by Duane Yarnell_
Honest, eager-eyed Ben Mason was in seventh heaven when he was admittedto Clearview Academy. He had been there only a day when they discoveredhe was not from a rich, influential family—and Ben was out. How Ben gotback into Clearview, and how he fought the antagonism of the studentbody and the conspiracies of his enemy Jack Lassiter make an absorbingstory filled with drama. Every boy will root for Ben as he fights on thebasketball court for the school that didn’t want him.
THROUGH FOREST AND STREAM: ADVENTURE IN THE MOUNTAINS—_by Duane Yarnell_
When Ted and Pudge went to the All-American camp, it was for a summer ofgood fun. Then they discovered that they were really entered in acontest—a contest involving $50,000 for the college of the boy who wonit. Ted just had to win that prize, both to keep baseball at CollegeTech and to insure his father’s job as baseball coach. How he engaged ina deadly fight with wolves and was entombed in an old mine shaft with aferocious bear are only two of the many adventures he had.
Ted Moran wins out in a breathless story of heroism and resourcefulnessthat will thrill its readers.
OVER THE HURDLES—_by Emmett Maum_
Any boy who has thrilled to the shot of the starting gun and the crunchof spiked shoes on cinders will enjoy the story of Larry Craven, forwhom the cinder track was the path of fame from Maywood College to theOlympic games. But all was not smooth going for Larry, for he had manyobstacles to surmount and he had enemies who plotted against him. How hewon out over his difficulties makes an exciting and vivid sports story.
BOYS’ BOOK OF SEA BATTLES
_by Chelsea Curtis Fraser_
Truth can be more exciting than fiction, as these fourteen stirring seabattles from the pages of history prove. From the days of Sir FrancisDrake, when life on the sea was a constant battle between the Spanishand the English, to the Battle of Leyte, sea fig
hts have determined thedestiny of men and nations. In these pages you will find Commodore JohnPaul Jones, Lord Nelson, Oliver Perry, Admiral David Farragut, andDewey, together with the dramatic stories of the _Constitution_ and the_Guerrière_, the _Monitor_ and the _Merrimac_, and the sea battles ofWorld Wars I and II.
BOYS’ BOOK OF FAMOUS SOLDIERS
_by J. Walker McSpadden_
War transforms ordinary men into the heroes of the battlefield, and thestory of their exploits and brilliant strategy is more exciting than anytale of fiction. The _Boys’ Book of Famous Soldiers_ brings together thestories of thirteen immortals of history: Washington, Grant, Lee,Jackson, Napoleon, Wellington, Foch and Joffre, Pershing, Marshall,Eisenhower, and MacArthur—and Rodger Young, the only enlisted man onthis roster of generals. These biographies reveal little-known factsabout these men, and the stories behind their courageous deeds anddifficult decisions.
BOYS’ BOOK OF FAMOUS FLIERS
_by Captain J. J. Grayson_
From the moment Bob Martin and Hal Gregg knew that Captain Bill, flierand storyteller extraordinary, was coming to visit the Martins, theyanticipated an exciting summer. And exciting it was—for they learned tofly and even soloed. But even more fascinating were the tales CaptainBill and the boys told about the men of adventure in aviation—theWrights, Lindbergh, Admiral Byrd, James Doolittle, and others.
Captain Grayson has told the exciting true stories of men who madeaviation history. _Boys’ Book of Famous Fliers_ is the stirring,dramatic story of aviation itself, as embodied in the figures ofAmerica’s most famous fliers.
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--Silently corrected obvious typographical errors. Non-standard spellings and dialect were left unchanged.
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