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Boy Scouts in the White Mountains: The Story of a Long Hike

Chapter 23: BOOKS BY Arthur C. Bartlett
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A troop of Boy Scouts organizes and undertakes a long hike through rugged mountain country, detailing their months of preparation, saving, and route-planning. The narrative follows their daily progress over peaks, ridges, and ravines, mixing lighthearted camp incidents and rehearsed pageantry with serious challenges such as a nighttime misadventure, a storm crossing on a bridle path, steep descents and ascents, and the administration of first aid in difficult conditions. Episodes emphasize teamwork, practical outdoor skills, scenic description, and the physical and moral tests of an extended mountaineering trek for a youthful group.

BOOKS BY
Arthur C. Bartlett

SPUNK, LEADER OF THE DOG TEAM.

The mainspring of this story is found in those dog sled races which have become an outstanding event of our northern New England season of winter sports.

Spunk—strong, masterful, intelligent that he was—won his place in the heart of his master and as leader of the dog team through weeks and months of training. He acquired his name because he refused to whimper when broken limbs had to be set and he justified his name when on the ice fields of Mount Washington he refused to yield an inch when yielding would mean certain death and destruction to all. And when the winning team of the great Derby of dog racing “mushed in” with Spunk in the lead, he verified all the confidence that his master had in him when he christened him “Spunk.”

THE SEA DOG.

The Sea Dog is a real dog—noble, brave, self-sacrificing and intelligent. Pieface, the hero of the tale, was the only heritage left to this spoiled son of a millionaire who, when the boy was young, lost his all, leaving his lad to the mercies of the world. Downcast and discouraged, the lad even tried to drown his only legacy. Fortunately the dog lived and became of material assistance to his master in regaining his confidence in himself and his ability to meet the world on an equality.

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