Project Gutenberg 2011-04-11 Public domain in the USA. 384 Allen, Quincy Allen, Captain Quincy The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat; Or, The Rivals of the Mississippi Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat; Or, The Rivals of the Mississippi" by Quincy Allen is a young adult adventure novel written in the early 20th century. This story follows four college boys known as the Outdoor Chums—Frank Langdon, Will Milton, Jerry Wallington, and Bluff Masters—as they embark on a river journey down the Mississippi. The narrative sets the stage for an exciting summer filled with outdoor adventures, rivalries, and unexpected encounters. At the start of the tale, the friends are buzzing with excitement as Will reveals that his Uncle Felix has invited them to take a houseboat down the river. The situation quickly evolves, and the boys prepare for the adventure ahead, despite having a wistful idea of an extravagant boat. However, the reality is much more modest, which leads to amusing banter among the group. As they set off, they are alert to the potential dangers of the river and unpredictable characters, particularly a mysterious figure named Marcus Stackpole, about whom Uncle Felix has expressed concern. The opening chapters deftly introduce the characters, their camaraderie, and the thrilling elements of youth and adventure, setting the stage for what promises to be a summer filled with challenges and discoveries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/35831/35831-rst/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Houseboats -- Juvenile fiction Mississippi River -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 347311 2025-06-14T15:40:28.721989 text/html 348299 2011-04-11T19:19:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 195456 2011-04-11T19:19:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 263324 2025-06-14T15:40:39.643052 application/epub+zip 358032 2025-01-14T15:23:04.265724 application/pdf 358024 2025-01-14T15:22:54.743770 application/pdf 263181 2025-06-14T15:40:32.747967 application/epub+zip 198861 2025-06-14T15:40:30.678977 application/epub+zip 347057 2025-06-14T15:40:43.805925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301260 2025-06-14T15:40:37.758999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236910 2022-09-16T11:54:01.969126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296341 2025-06-14T15:40:28.251011 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296364 2011-04-11T19:20:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 109895 2011-04-11T19:20:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 290365 2011-04-11T19:20:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 109153 2011-04-11T19:20:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290364 2011-04-11T19:20:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 109137 2011-04-11T19:20:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26493 2025-06-14T15:40:43.974919 application/rdf+xml 299472 2025-06-14T15:40:28.056076 text/x-rst 299468 2011-04-11T19:19:38 text/x-rst 187417 2011-04-11T19:19:38 text/x-rst application/zip 6553 2025-06-14T15:40:31.268995 image/jpeg 1549 2025-06-14T15:40:30.972981 image/jpeg 205382 2025-06-14T15:40:28.753035 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