“In The Camp of the Black Riders” by Capwell Wyckoff ~Review
Synopsis: Ted and Buck are a couple of “clean cut, manly boys” who agree to go on a month long camping trip with 18 younger boys. Stepping up to their responsibilities manfully they come across some mysterious doings that calls out their resourcefulness. Camping in the middle of nowhere, on a historic piece of land where a group of Patriot guerrilla fighters once met clandestinely during the Revolutionary War. They come across many unusual occurrences and become the victims of some “haunted” tricks by an unknown antagonist. Then the tricks become more than play and start to become dangerous…and if that weren’t enough, one of the boys in their group is becoming hard to handle…
This little-known book was written by Campwell Wyckoff (1903-1953), author of the Mercer Boys series. It is a children’s mystery story probably aimed at the age range of 10-15 year-olds, though younger boys may enjoy it just as much. It follows the tradition of the Hardy Boys series and the countless others of the time: a simple clean mystery, with manly boys who shoulder responsibility, take risks, and whose ingenuity and braveness pulls them out of many a scrape.
Title: In The Camp Of The Black Riders
Publisher: The Saalfield Publishing Company
Original Publication Year: 1931
It’s a fun, lighthearted story that would make a nice gift to your little man (and help him start a fine antique library), a easy-to-read story to pull out on his sick days, or a great book for summer reading in the tree-house.
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