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Rodney, the Overseer

Chapter 19: The Famous Castlemon Books. by Harry Castlemon.
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Set during a civil war, the narrative follows a young military-school graduate who joins a local independent company and becomes entangled with a domineering officer and an ill-disciplined Home Guard. Through skirmishes, raids, conscription conflicts, captures and escapes, and an imprisoned group's account, the plot moves toward inspections and orders that test loyalties and promises. Episodes of scouting, intelligence brought by a returning rider, and strained command decisions highlight themes of leadership, obedience, camaraderie, and the personal consequences of impulsive authority amid wartime uncertainty.

The
Famous
Castlemon
Books.

by
Harry
Castlemon.

Specimen Cover of the Gunboat Series.

No author of the present day has become a greater favorite with boys than "Harry Castlemon;" every book by him is sure to meet with hearty reception by young readers generally. His naturalness and vivacity lead his readers from page to page with breathless interest, and when one volume is finished the fascinated reader, like Oliver Twist, asks "for more."

Any volume sold separately.


GUNBOAT SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 6 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $7 50
Frank, the Young Naturalist 1 25
Frank in the Woods 1 25
Frank on the Prairie 1 25
Frank on a Gunboat 1 25
Frank before Vicksburg 1 25
Frank on the Lower Mississippi 1 25
GO AHEAD SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $3 75
Go Ahead; or, The Fisher Boy's Motto 1 25
No Moss; or, The Career of a Rolling Stone 1 25
Tom Newcombe; or, The Boy of Bad Habits 1 25
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $3 75
Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho 1 25
Frank among the Rancheros 1 25
Frank in the Mountains 1 25
SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $3 75
The Sportsman's Club in the Saddle 1 25
The Sportsman's Club Afloat 1 25
The Sportsman's Club among the Trappers 1 25
FRANK NELSON SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $3 75
Snowed Up; or, The Sportsman's Club in the Mts. 1 25
Frank Nelson in the Forecastle; or, The Sportsman's Club among the Whalers 1 25
The Boy Traders; or, The Sportsman's Club among the Boers 1 25
BOY TRAPPER SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $3 75
The Buried Treasure; or, Old Jordan's "Haunt" 1 25
The Boy Trapper; or, How Dave Filled the Order 1 25
The Mail Carrier 1 25
ROUGHING IT SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $3 75
George in Camp; or, Life on the Plains 1 25
George at the Wheel; or, Life in a Pilot House 1 25
George at the Fort; or, Life Among the Soldiers 1 25
ROD AND GUN SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $3 75
Don Gordon's Shooting Box 1 25
Rod and Gun 1 25
The Young Wild Fowlers 1 25
FOREST AND STREAM SERIES. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box $3 75
Joe Wayring at Home; or, Story of a Fly Rod 1 25
Snagged and Sunk; or, The Adventures of a Canvas Canoe 1 25
Steel Horse; or, The Rambles of a Bicycle 1 25
WAR SERIES. By Harry Castlemon, 4 vols., 12mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra, printed in colors. In box 5 00
True to his Colors 1 25
Rodney, the Partisan 1 25
Marcy, the Blockade Runner 1 25
Marcy, the Refugee 1 25
OUR FELLOWS; or, Skirmishes with the Swamp Dragoons. By Harry Castlemon. 16mo. Fully illustrated. Cloth, extra 1 25