Capwell Wyckoff: 10 books

12 tales featuring boy detectives, from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer, Dective" to entries in the Mercer Boys, Ken Holt, Hal Keene, and Skippy Dare series, and lots more -- over 1,400 pages of great reading! Here are: THE MERCER BOYS AT WOODCREST, by Capwell Wyckoff THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX, by Bruce Campbell...

Capwell Wyckoff once again portrays his Mercer Boys' series with this tale of a horrifying mystery written for young men, but suitable for all.

The Mercer Boys series consists of 10 books, action-adventure mysteries published between 1929 and 1932. They appeal to the same young audience as the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew. Capwell Wyckoff went on to write many other novels for young readers, including the Mystery Hunters series.

The action, adventure, and mystery-something story, "The Mercer Boys' Cruise in the Lassie", was written by American author Capwell Wyckoff (1903-1953), telling the adventurous cruise on a newly acquired sloop, with bandits, hairbreadth Harry escapes, and pretty unrational procedure. Don...

The Mercer Boys head to Southern California to search for buried Spanish gold. The Mercer Boys on a Treasure Hunt is the third book in the popular boys' mystery-adventure series by Capwell Wyckoff, originally published between 1929 and 1933.

“I’d like to have a crack at that ball,” said Don Mercer, with a grin. His brother Jim returned the grin as he said: “Let’s go out on the field and ask the kids to toss us one. They won’t mind giving us one swing at it.” The two Mercer brothers were standing at the edge of a large vacant...

The summer camp of Woodcrest Military Institute was always an exciting event to the Mercer boys and Terry Mackson. But when the cadets camped near Rustling Ridge, the boys ran into a series of startling occurrences: a horse stampede, a mysterious fire, the disappearance of a little girl, and most...

A thrilling mystery written with younger readers in minde, ages 8-18.

Example in this ebook CHAPTER I  The Mystery Hunters The High School at Cloverfield was quiet as the hands of the clock approached the three-o’clock hour. Then a gong pealed out and the building became a very beehive of sound. The thump of many feet and the hum of voices was...

Thrilling tale of a treasure hunt, written for younger men.