The Red Runners by Seckatary Hawkins (1890 - 1972).
The "Seckatary Hawkins" books were juvenile mystery and adventure novels that pre-dated "The Hardy Boys" and "Nancy Drew". Written by Robert Schulkers under the pseudonym "Seckatary Hawkins", many appeared first in serialized form in The Cincinnati Enquirer and hundreds of other newspapers around the country.
Schulkers further popularized the series through a nationally syndicated NBC radio broadcast from Chicago and an extensive number of Seckatary Hawkins clubs in larger metropolitan areas. The official club name was "The Fair and Square Club". The club slogan was "A quitter never wins and a winner never quits". For most of the books, the setting was a river bank that was a composite based on Schulker's familiarity with segments of the Ohio River, the Licking River, and the Kentucky River.
Seckatary Hawkins, a fat boy with a cowlick hairdo, records daily minutes of the adventures of a remarkably organized group of boys. The group of ten or so boys (some boys rotated in and out of the club) have their own clubhouse on the river bank, complete with a stove for heat, a telephone, and even an organ for the required singing practice.
While never the president of the club, Seckatary Hawkins is clearly the smartest member and the leader. He is regularly called upon by the books' few adult characters and many of the youthful ones to solve various mysteries and to keep the river bank safe.
Harper Lee mentioned two of the books in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. (Temporary - adated from wikipedia )
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Yes, Seckatary is supposed to be spelled that way.
I know this series has probably not been heard of by many people, but it was very well known in it's day. (Before my time )
Unfortunately this is not the first book published in the series, but it should generally be able to stand on it's own.
I don't think there are, but if there are any pages missing or text issues, I have access to an original copy and can provide anything missing.
This sounds so interesting! I was a huge fan of the Encyclopedia Brown, the Great Brain, and the Alfred Hitchcock Three Investigators books as a kid, and this sounds like some sort of combo of all 3 of them crossed with Tom Sawyer. I am pretty booked up with projects at the moment but I will be keeping an eye on this one and if sections are available once I've cleared my deck a bit in a couple of weeks, I will try to join in. Either way I'll definitely look forward to listening to the finished book!
Colleen
Colleen McMahon
No matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai
Jhouse6789 wrote: ↑May 30th, 2020, 4:55 pm
Hello, I was hoping to read chapters 1 to 4 for you. Please let me know.
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ColleenMc wrote: ↑May 31st, 2020, 7:18 am
This sounds so interesting! I was a huge fan of the Encyclopedia Brown, the Great Brain, and the Alfred Hitchcock Three Investigators books as a kid, and this sounds like some sort of combo of all 3 of them crossed with Tom Sawyer. I am pretty booked up with projects at the moment but I will be keeping an eye on this one and if sections are available once I've cleared my deck a bit in a couple of weeks, I will try to join in. Either way I'll definitely look forward to listening to the finished book!
Colleen
Hi Colleen,
They are pretty fun, from what I remember. It has been a while since I have read them, but starting this project made me want to pull one off the shelf to read. I have a relative who collects them, and they are pretty well known locally ~ so that is how I am familiar with them.
savsutton wrote: ↑June 5th, 2020, 10:37 am
I would like to do chapter 5 if possible.
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I am happy to read Section 6 if this would assist? It is my first reading. In terms of name/pseudonym, LPB would be great.
Thanks and wait to hear
LucyPB
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Welcome to LibriVox! Section 6 is all yours! Please read the first post of this thread carefully.
Please let me know under which name or pseudonym you'd like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal web site/blog.
Also, since this is your first recording, we ask that you send in a 1-minute test recording. This is not an audition, it's just to make sure the sound quality and the recording settings are all right - often things can be improved at the outset that are difficult to fix later. Please go to https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=1-Minute_Test to find out what to record for your 1-minute test, and how to upload the recording. In the LibriVox Uploader, please select 'tests - tests' from the MC drop-down, and then post your test recording in the Listeners Wanted forum, rather than in this thread - you'll get feedback more quickly there.