Tom Slade on a Transport by Percy K. Fitzhugh 1918

 The cover is worn and scuffed with worn edges and a tear on the spine. There is writing from the previous owner on inside cover and there are some torn pages as shown in photos. The book is 198 pages long and all pages are intact. The book is readable and has some illustrations.Published by Grosset and Dunlap.

The Tom Slade series inroduces a forgotten gem of American fiction, the Bridgboro Boy Scout novels by Percy Keese Fitzhugh. Introduced in 1915 when the Boy Scout movement was new, the books glow with the freshness of the movement and the optimism of an age when everything seemed possible. In addition to Tom Slade, the series and introduces a number of beloved characters, including Pee-wee Harris, Roy Blakeley, and Westy Martin, each of whom later goes on to have his own series of books.

Keese's main characters are based on real people, giving the books an authenticity unusual in juvenile fiction (or any fiction). The self-reliant boys are reminiscent of the heroes in Robert A. Heinlein's early fiction (not surprising because both authors' work was serialized in "Boys Life").

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