Project Gutenberg 2012-08-20 Public domain in the USA. 129 Smith, Ruel Perley 1869 1937 Shute, A. B. 1851 1906 Shute, A. Burnham Shute, Augustus Burnham The Rival Campers; Or, The Adventures of Henry Burns Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Rival Campers; Or, The Adventures of Henry Burns" by Ruel Perley Smith is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on a group of boys, including the main character Henry Burns, who embark on various camping adventures during their summer on Grand Island. Their lively exploits are filled with friendship, mischief, and suspense, as they navigate challenges related to camping and boating. The opening of the story introduces the picturesque fishing village of Southport and establishes a sense of anticipation among three brothers—George, Arthur, and Joe Warren—as they await the arrival of their friends Tom Harris and Bob White. The boys are initially disappointed when their friends are not on the steamboat, but excitement builds as they devise a playful plan to surprise the campers with a prepared tent at their camping site. As the narrative unfolds, foreboding hints of an impending storm set the stage for adventure and danger, particularly for Tom and Bob as they attempt to cross the turbulent waters in their canoe. The witty banter among the boys and the vivid setting wonderfully capture the spirit of youthful adventure and camaraderie. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40548/40548-h/images/cover.jpg en Camping -- Juvenile fiction Boats and boating -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 691406 691414 2024-09-17T06:50:27.227405 2023-09-17T14:59:37.396608 text/html text/html 710224 2012-08-20T13:49:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 597810 2012-08-20T13:51:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 623275 2024-09-17T06:50:37.450364 application/epub+zip 647881 2024-09-17T06:50:29.343448 application/epub+zip 344542 2024-09-17T06:50:28.321381 application/epub+zip 840633 2024-09-17T06:50:43.256339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 784087 2024-09-17T06:50:36.458355 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 481481 2022-09-18T14:42:31.238183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621915 2024-09-17T06:50:25.331413 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 634448 2012-08-20T13:49:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 231266 2012-08-20T13:51:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 621649 2012-08-20T13:50:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229793 2012-08-20T13:51:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 621640 2012-08-20T13:50:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229767 2012-08-20T13:51:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21910 2024-09-17T06:50:43.413326 application/rdf+xml 25819 2024-09-17T06:50:28.432387 image/jpeg 3733 2024-09-17T06:50:28.376394 image/jpeg 597045 2024-09-17T06:50:27.304391 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog