Around the Camp-fire
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About This Book
"Around the Camp-fire" by Charles George Douglas Roberts is a charming tale that follows the attendees of Camp Squatooks. Following the campers as they explore the forest, learn about new animals, and compete against each other in good-natured events, this tale epitomizes the summer camp experience in a heartwarming way. Due to the author's international acclaim, this book even reached audiences around the globe.
Chapters (47)
- Around the Camp-fire
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I. OFF TO THE SQUATOOKS.—THE PANTHER AT THE PARSONAGE.—BEAR VS. BIRCH-BARK.
- ‘THE PANTHER AT THE PARSONAGE.’
- “BEAR VS. BIRCH-BARK,”
- CHAPTER II. THE CAMP ON BEARDSLEY BROOK.
- ‘A TIGER’S PLAYTHING.’
- “A FIGHT WITH THE HOUNDS OF THE SEA.”
- THE BULL AND THE LEAPING-POLE.
- ‘SAVED BY THE CATTLE.’
- CHAPTER III. AT CAMP DE SQUATOOK.
- A NIGHT ENCOUNTER.
- ‘BRUIN AND THE COOK.’
- ‘AN ENCOUNTER WITH PECCARIES.’
- ‘IDYL OF LOST CAMP.’
- THE CART BEFORE THE STEER.
- CHAPTER IV. MORE OF CAMP DE SQUATOOK.
- ‘LOU’S CLARIONET,’”
- ‘JAKE DIMBALL’S WOODEN LEG,’”
- ‘PERIL AMONG THE PEARLS.’
- ‘THE DOGS OF THE DRIFT.’
- ‘BEN CHRISTIE’S BULL CARIBOU.’
- ‘LABRADOR WOLVES.’
- CHAPTER V. SQUATOOK RIVER AND HORTON BRANCH.
- ‘WRECKED IN A BOOM-HOUSE.’”
- CHAPTER VI. THE CAMP ON SQUATOOK RIVER.
- ‘SAVED BY A SLIVER,’
- ‘SKIDDED LANDING.’
- ‘A MAD STALLION.’
- ‘AN ADVENTURE WITH A BULL MOOSE.’
- DAN.
- CHAPTER VII. THE CAMP ON THE TOLEDI.
- TRACKED BY A PANTHER.
- ‘AN ADVENTURE IN THE FLORIDA HUMMOCKS.’
- ‘THE JUNIOR LATIN SCHOLARSHIP.’
- A BULL AND A BICYCLE.
- ‘THE DEN OF THE GRAY WOLF.’
- CHAPTER VIII. THE TOLEDI AND TEMISCOUATA.
- ‘CHOPPING HIM DOWN.’
- ‘A RUDE AWAKENING.’
- ‘SAVED BY A HORNET’S NEST.’
- CHAPTER IX. THE LAST CAMP-FIRE.
- ‘INDIAN DEVILS,’
- ‘BRUIN’S BOXING-MATCH.’
- ‘THE RAFT RIVALS.’
- FOOTNOTES
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