Motor Boat Boys

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Front cover of Motor Boat Boys' Mississippi Cruise, 1914 edition.

The Motor Boat Boys, by Louis Arundel, is a series of adventure books for boys, published by M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago, Illinois, from 1912 through 1915. The series featured six teen-aged boys of the Motor Boat Club, and their adventures on various waterways.

[edit] Boats and crews

Tramp

Pilot: Jack Stormaways (also Commodore of the Motor Boat Club)

Mate: Jimmy Brannagan

Wireless

Pilot: George Rollins

Mate: Nick Longfellow

Comfort

Pilot: Herb Dickson

Mate: Josh Purdue

[edit] Series titles

Motor Boat Boys' Mississippi Cruise; or The Dash for Dixie, 1912.
Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes; or Exploring the Mystic Isle of Mackinac, 1912.
Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence River; or Adventures Among the Thousand Islands , 1912.
Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys; or The Struggle for the Leadership, 1913.
Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast; or Through Storm and Stress to Florida, 1913.
Motor Boat Boys' River Chase; or Six Chums Afloat and Ashore, 1914.
Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube; or Four Chums Abroad, 1915.