Books with author G. Harvey Ralphson

• Two of American author George Harvey Ralphson’s “Boy Scout” adventure series for boys are bound together in this Kindle book: Boy Scouts on the Open Plains & Boy Scouts Mysterious SignalBoy Scouts on the Open PlainsAs the novel begins, the four boys, all mountain climbers, were wearing rather faded but serviceable khaki suits, which with the leggings and campaign hats proved that they must belong to some troop of Boy Scouts. But it was many days’ journey from their present surroundings to the scene of their home activities, for they belonged in New York City.The leader of the little party was Ned Nestor, who also served as assistant scout master of the troop. He was a good hunter and tracker, and possessed a wide knowledge of woodcraft in its best sense.Some time previous to this Ned had been given various chances to work for the Secret Service of the Government at Washington, and had conducted himself in such a manner as to win the confidence of the authorities. They realized that there were many opportunities when a bright lad might accomplish things unsuspected where a man would be apt to slip up. But what lay ahead could not have been foreseen when the four lads started out on their journey. Jimmy, who was sometimes a bit plucky, had such a rigid clutch upon the rope that he did not seem to know enough to let go when the pack animal stumbled, tried to cling desperately to the rocky edge, and then vanished from sight into the gulf.Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal Four young boys were standing in a room from which the ceiling had been partly removed by an exploding shell from a cannon. They were in one of the houses that had only partly escaped destruction during the bombardment of Peremysl by the Germans on that memorable first day of June, 1915. Three of the boys were about eighteen years of age and wore the well-known uniforms of the Boy Scouts of America. The eldest, Ned Nestor, was slightly older than the others and wore insignia that denoted his rank as patrol leader of the Wolf Patrol, New York City. Jack Bosworth and Harry Stevens stood beside Ned, their uniforms slightly the worse for wear, due to the extremely active experiences they had just undergone. These boys were members of the Black Bear Patrol of New York City, and were fast friends of Ned Nestor and his red-headed chum, Jimmie McGraw, the fourth member of the group. Just now Jimmie was not wearing the Boy Scout uniform. Instead he was dressed in the uniform of a Russian Cossack, and this was the immediate reason for the controversy that had arisen between the boy and the German officer. About The AuthorAmerican writer and Scout Master G. Harvey Ralphson (1879-1940) penned 20 “Boy Scout” adventure books starting with Boy Scouts in Mexico, or On Guard with Uncle Sam (1911);He dedicated his writing to America’s boys and girls, “in the fond hope that herein they will find pleasure, instruction and inspiration; that they may increase and grow in usefulness, self-reliance, patriotism and unselfishness, and ever become fonder and fonder of their country and its institutions, of Nature and her ways, is the cherished hope and wish of the author."-His plots were always suspenseful and set usually in America but sometimes in foreign lands including Mexico. His characters embody the Boy Scout spirit.