Project Gutenberg 2014-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 78 Young, Clarence The Motor Boys After a Fortune; or, The Hut on Snake Island Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Motor Boys After a Fortune; or, The Hut on Snake Island" by Clarence Young is a novel written in the early 20th century. This adventure story follows a group of young characters, particularly three boys named Jerry, Ned, and Bob, as they set off on an expedition to find a rumored deposit of radium on Snake Island, located in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Their journey is fraught with excitement, as they not only face the natural challenges of navigating the river but also contend with a bully named Noddy Nixon, who desires to thwart their plans. The opening of the story introduces the three boys at Ned Slade's house, where they engage in a conversation with Professor Uriah Snodgrass, who enlightens them about the potential existence of valuable radium on Snake Island. Their initial discussion is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of Andy Rush, who brings alarming news of a flood caused by a broken dam. This event sets the scene for the boys' heroic rescue of Noddy Nixon, bringing an element of urgency to their adventures. As they discuss the possibility of seeking out the radium, we catch a glimpse of Noddy's antagonistic nature as he begins to plot against them, hinting at the rivalry that will evolve as the story progresses. This introductory section effectively establishes the boys' camaraderie, the impending dangers of their adventure, and the central tension with Noddy, setting the stage for the thrilling escapades ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Rescues -- Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective stories Aeronautics -- Juvenile fiction Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Juvenile fiction Radium -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction 359834 359842 2024-09-19T17:16:58.987920 2023-09-20T13:11:57.944105 text/html text/html 364457 2014-11-21T19:39:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 507004 2014-11-21T19:39:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 569110 2024-09-19T17:17:06.465879 application/epub+zip 567250 2024-09-19T17:17:00.119927 application/epub+zip 233125 2024-09-19T17:16:59.558933 application/epub+zip 667194 2024-09-19T17:17:10.880862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 623641 2024-09-19T17:17:05.652924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290660 2022-09-21T14:15:38.036562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315590 2024-09-19T17:16:57.927952 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 315689 2014-11-21T19:39:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 112471 2014-11-21T19:39:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18592 2024-09-19T17:17:11.013858 application/rdf+xml 21231 2024-09-19T17:16:59.651929 image/jpeg 3232 2024-09-19T17:16:59.605914 image/jpeg 506638 2024-09-19T17:16:59.032923 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 en.wikipedia