Category: Collectible: Fiction: Youth

Grade Level: Adults

Copyright/published Year: 1957 by Doubleday

Binding: Hardcover

Description: When Mr. Hollister's sport and toy store, The Trading Post, is ì robbed, his main concern is for his invention, a new type of ì collapsible canoe. He is therefore surprised to discover that a ì Geiger counter and a couple of pickaxes are the only missing ì items. After putting the problem of the theft in the hands of the ì police, the family turn to the matter of testing the canoe. An ì interested buyer who owns a forest tract has offered his property ì to the Hollisters for this purpose. They plan to camp out in the ì forest and test the canoe on the lake and rapids within the ì boundaries of the property. All goes well until they come across ì a "talking" scarecrow blocking the road to their camp site and ì warning them to turn back because danger awaits them in the ì forest. The Hollisters refuse to take the warning seriously and ì continue to set up their camp. From this point on the strange and ì unusual events that beset them in the forest seem mysteriously ì connected with the theft at the store and a search for uranium. ì Another exciting story that will be welcomed by the hundreds of ì thousands of Happy Hollister fans.

Condition Information

This is a used book and is in 'Acceptable' condition.

Additional condition description

1957 hardback. No Jacket, Rebound library binding. A well loved ex-Library Copy from Pomeroy, Washington. Text is soiled in a couple of pages, but free from writing. about first 12-15 pages creased in center.