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Title: The Boy Aeronauts' Club; or, Flying for Fun

Author: H. L. Sayler

Illustrator: Sidney H. Riesenberg

Release date: April 19, 2018 [eBook #57000]

Language: English

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The Aeroplane Boys Series


The Boy Aeronauts’ Club

OR

Flying for Fun


The Aeroplane Boys Series

By ASHTON LAMAR

OTHER TITLES TO FOLLOW

These stories are the newest and most up-to-date. All aeroplane details are correct. Fully Illustrated. Colored frontispiece. Cloth, 12mos.

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The Airship Boys Series

By H. L. SAYLER

These thrilling stories deal with the wonderful new science of aerial navigation. Every boy will be interested and instructed by reading them. Illustrated. Cloth binding. Price, $1.00 each.

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The Boy
Aeronauts’ Club

OR

Flying for Fun

BY

ASHTON LAMAR

The AEROPLANE BOYS SERIES

Illustrated by S. H. Riesenberg

Chicago

The Reilly & Britton Co.

Publishers


COPYRIGHT, 1910,

by

THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE BOY AERONAUTS’ CLUB


CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I The Creole Coffee House 9
II An Irregular Meeting of the Anclote Fishing Club 20
III An Early Taste of Salt Water 32
IV The Club Holds a Short Session 46
V In Which Jerry Blossom Suddenly Appears 58
VI The Three Sisters Sets Sail 72
VII Bob Makes Another Rescue 84
VIII The Escambia to the Rescue 98
IX A Feat of Seamanship 113
X A Little Luncheon on the Elias Ward 126
XI Bob Balfour Upsets Plans 139
XII The Committee Buys an Aeroplane 151
XIII A Midnight Compact Concerning the Black Pirate 164
XIV The Anclote Makes a Flight 177
XV One Use for an Aeroplane 189
XVI In Camp on Anclote Key 201
XVII Tom Lands a Tarpon and Bob a Tartar 213
XVIII Marie Ducroix’ Sea Chest 231
XIX The Secret City of the Seminoles 245
XX Tom’s Story and the End 259

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Pulling himself up to safety Frontispiece
Bob had enough strength to free one arm and grasp the line 43
Jerry already had the light high above his head 103
The colored boy was soon knee deep in a hole 227