Books with author Victor G. Durham

NOTE: This edition has a linked Table of Contents and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader.Books for boys about life aboard submarine torpedo boats. The books are written by an expert and possess, in addition to the author's surpassing knack of story-telling, a great educational value for all young readers. Splendid stories of young men who know how to get the most out of both work and play. These books are a great example of life in a simpler time during WW1.The six books in this volume:Book 1: The Submarine Boys On Duty (Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat) Book 2: The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip ("Making Good" as Young Experts) Book 3: The Submarine Boys and the Middies (The Prize Detail at Annapolis) Book 4: The Submarine Boys and the Spies (Dodging the Sharks of the Deep) Book 5: The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise (The Young Kings of the Deep) Book 6: The Submarine Boys For the Flag (Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam)Full of intrigue and adventure, these classic novels are a must for adventure pulp literature fans!

"So this is Dunhaven?" inquired Jack Benson. "Ye-es," slowly responded Jabez Holt, not rising from the chair in which he sat tilted back against the outer wall on the hotel porch. "It looks like it," muttered Hal Hastings, under his breath. "Doesn't look like a very bustling place, does it?" asked Jack, with a smile, as he set down a black, cloth-covered box on the porch and leisurely helped himself to a chair.

The Submarine Boys, by Lieutenant Commander Victor G. Durham, is a series of adventure books for boys, published by Henry Altemus Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the early twentieth-century. The series featured three sixteen year old boys and their underwater adventures. Characters include: David Pollard (Inventor), Jacob Farnum (Shipbuilder), Jack Benson (Captain), Hal Hastings (Crew), Eph Somers (Crew) and Williamson (Crew & Machinist). Titles published include: The Submarine Boys on Duty: Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat (1909), The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip: "Making Good" as Young Experts (1909), The Submarine Boys and the Middies; or, The Prize Detail at Annapolis (1909), The Submarine Boys and the Spies: Dodging the Sharks of the Deep (1910), The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise: The Young Kings of the Deep (1910), The Submarine Boys for the Flag: Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam (1910), The Submarine Boys and the Smugglers (1912) and The Submarine Boys' Secret Mission (1912).

"Has anyone sighted them yet?" "No." "What can be the matter?" "You know, their specialty is going to the bottom. Possibly they've gone there once too often." "Don't!" shuddered a young woman. "Try not to be gruesome always, George." The young man laughed as he turned aside. Everyone and his friend at Spruce Beach was asking similar questions. None of the answers were satisfactory, because nobody knew just what reply to make. Everyone in the North who has the money and leisure to get away from home during a portion of the winter knows Spruce Beach. It is one of nature's most beautiful spots on the eastern coast of Florida, and man has made it one of the most expensive places in the world.