Project Gutenberg 2008-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 116 LaBelle, Claude A. La Belle, Claude A. Labelle, Claude A. The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers The Ranger Boys Series, number 3. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers" by Claude A. LaBelle is a novel written in the early 20th century, part of a series aimed at young readers. This adventure tale follows three boys—Garry Boone, Phil Durant, and Dick Wallace—as they embark on a quest to investigate smuggling activities along the Canadian border. As public service-minded youths, they are determined to assist the Customs Chief in uncovering a band of fur smugglers and navigate various challenges that come their way. At the start of the book, the boys gather in the Customs Chief's office in Maine, where they receive their mission brief. They are tasked with acting as campers while investigating the smuggling operations in the illicitly trafficked forests near the border. The narrative introduces their personalities, backstory, and camaraderie, establishing the setting for their upcoming adventures. Shortly after departing for Bangor, they experience an unexpected turn of events as they stumble upon an urgent situation involving a potential crime, leading to their unexpected interaction with law enforcement. The opening chapters set the tone for an action-packed story rich in adventure and youthful bravery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Smuggling -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 340959 2025-07-10T11:45:11.360511 text/html 343881 2008-05-28T09:05:28 text/html 250174 2025-07-10T11:45:19.371463 application/epub+zip 251951 2025-07-10T11:45:14.454465 application/epub+zip 195614 2025-07-10T11:45:13.182500 application/epub+zip 457011 2025-07-10T11:45:22.967493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424071 2025-07-10T11:45:18.453412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352516 2022-09-12T04:33:34.031719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310649 2025-07-10T11:45:10.523482 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 310543 2008-05-18T08:37:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19075 2025-07-10T11:45:23.095394 application/rdf+xml 15667 2025-07-10T11:45:13.686469 image/jpeg 3679 2025-07-10T11:45:13.434476 image/jpeg 163152 2008-05-28T09:05:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 114328 2008-05-28T09:05:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 235495 2025-07-10T11:45:11.391496 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog