Books with author Hancock. H. Irving

This edition includes all of the "High School Boys" books in one volume.Dick Prescott, Dave Darrin, Greg Holmes, Dan Dalzell, Tom Reade and Harry Hazelton, six young men who, back in their days in grammar school, became best friends. They become known as Dick & Co. This continues their adventures after the "Grammar School Boys" series of books by author H. Irving Hancock, but can easily be read without knowledge of the prior books.These are exciting stories of young men who know how to get the most out of both work and play, and to make each year of life a preparation for a better year to come. A great example of life in a simpler time before WW1.NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted to work on your Amazon e-book reader.The four books in this volume:Book 1: Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and SportsBook 2: Dick & Co. on the Gridley DiamondBook 3: Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football GridironBook 4: Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard

This kindle edition is Twelve books collection written by H. Irving Hancock. Works Included: The Grammar School Boys Of GridleyThe Grammar School Boys SnowboundThe High School Boys In Summer CampThe High School Boys' Canoe ClubThe High School Boys' Fishing TripThe High School Boys' Training HikeThe High School Captain Of The TeamThe High School FreshmenThe High School Left EndThe High School PitcherThe Motor Boat Club And The WirelessUncle Sam's Boys As LieutenantsAbout Author:Harrie Irving Hancock (1866?–1922) was an American chemist and writer, mainly remembered as an author of children's literature and juveniles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and as having written a fictional depiction of a German invasion of the USA.

CHAPTER I—ON THE SEA PATROL“Anything sighted?” called Lieutenant-Commander Dave Darrin as he stepped briskly from the little chart-room back of the wheel-house and turned his face toward the bridge.“Nothing, sir, all afternoon,” responded Lieutenant Dan Dalzell from the bridge.Dave ran lightly up the steps, returning, as he reached the bridge, the salutes of Dalzell, executive officer, and of Ensign Phelps, officer of the deck.“It’s been a dull afternoon, then?” queried Darrin, his eyes viewing the sea, whose waters rose and fell in gentle swells.No land was in sight from the bridge of the United States torpedo boat destroyer, “John J. Logan,” which was moving at cruising speed westerly from the coast of Ireland. The course lay through the “Danger Zone” created by the presence of unknown numbers of hidden German submarines.For a winter day the weather had been warm. Forward the two men of the bow watch and the crews of the rapid-fire guns had removed their coats and had left them below.Though there was neither enemy nor friendly craft in sight, Darrin noted with swift if silent approval that there was no evidence of lax watch. At port and starboard, amidships, there were men on watch, as also at the stern. Members of gun-crews lounged close to their stations, to which additional men could be summoned in a flash. Aft, also, two men stood by the device from which it might be necessary, at any instant, to drop a depth bomb.Trained down to the last point of condition by constant work, these officers and men of the torpedo boat destroyer made one think of hard, lean hunting dogs, which, in human guise, they really were. Not only had toil brought this about but sleep was something of a luxury aboard the “Logan.” On a cruise these men of Admiral Speare’s fleet of destroyers slept with their clothes on, the same rule applying to the officers.Dave Darrin had slept in the chart-room for three hours this afternoon, following eighteen hours of duty on deck.“Any wireless messages worth reading?” was Darrin’s next question.“None intended for us, sir, and none others of startling nature, sir,” replied Ensign Phelps, handing his superior a loose-leaf note-book. “I think you saw the last one, sir, and since that came in there were none important enough to be filed.”Dave read the uppermost message, nodded, then handed back the book.For the next ten minutes Darrin scanned through his glasses, the surface of the sea in all directions.“I’d like to bag an enemy before supper,” he sighed.

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The motor boat club off Long Island, or, A daring marine game at racing speed (1909). This book, "The motor boat club off Long Island Or, A daring marine game at racing speed," by Harrie Irving Hancock, is a replication of a book originally published before 1909. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

An excerpt:"I feel it in my bones," announced Joe Dawson, quietly though positively."That's no talk for an engineer," jibed Tom Halstead. "Tell me, instead, that you read it in your gauge.""Oh, laugh, if you want to," nodded Dawson, showing no offense. "But you'll find that I'm right. You know, I don't often make predictions.""Yet, this time, you feel that something disastrous is going to happen before this train rolls out on the mole at Oakland? In other words, before we set foot in San Francisco?""No, I don't say quite that," objected Joe, thoughtfully. "There's a heap of the navigator about you, Tom Halstead, and you're pinning me down to the map and the chronometer. I won't predict quite as closely as that. But, either before we reach 'Frisco, or mighty soon[Pg 8] after we get there, something is going to happen.""And it's going to be a disaster?" questioned Tom, closely."For someone, yes; and we're going to be in it, at great risk.""Well, it's a comfort to have it narrowed down even as closely as that," smiled Tom Halstead. "I hope it isn't going to be another earthquake, though.""No," agreed Joe, thoughtfully.

As narrated in "THE MOTOR BOAT CLUB OF THE KENNEBEC," Tom and Joe were two boys of seafaring stock, and natives of Maine, having been born near the mouth of the Kennebec River. That first volume detailed how the two young men served aboard the "Sunbeam," the motor yacht of a Boston broker, and how the boys aided the Government officers in solving the mystery of Smugglers' Island. Out of those adventures arose the founding of the Club, with Tom and Joe at its head.

Resistant Wrist Work, the First Lesson in JiuJ lTSU ...... Frontispiece Hooked Elbows, Resistant Travel and Pivot loB ack Hold for Resistant Bending ... 12 AS truggle with Opposing Hands Clasped .18 The Back-to-B ack Struggle .. .. .22 Pushing the Victim Back with Right or Left Hands Clasped 24 The Position for Resistant Side-S waying .. 26 Overhead Pole Work. The Finish of the Feat 48 Travelling and Pivoting with the Pole .. 50 Single-H and Pole Work Overhead ... 52 The Bending Travel and Pivot with the Pole 54 Forcing the Pole, Held Obliquely, untilL ower End Touches the Floor 56 The First Form ofT ug-of-W ar with the Pole 62 Tug-of-W ar with Right Hands Clasped .. 64 Tug-of-W ar with Hands Clasped over the Assailant sS houlder .. ,. .. .70 This exercise is a rapid muscle-maker.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at