{"product_id":"2940148176626","title":"The Motor Boys in Strange Waters","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eNODDY’S COCOANUT PLANTATION\u003cbr\u003e“Shut your eyes,” called Bob Baker to his friend Jerry Hopkins, as the two boys sat in the library of Bob’s home.\u003cbr\u003e“What for?”\u003cbr\u003e“Never mind. Just shut ’em; that’s all.”\u003cbr\u003e“No tricks now. I don’t want a mouthful of salt, or find that I’m all tangled up in a folding chair.”\u003cbr\u003e“No, this is something on my own account. Shut your eyes.”\u003cbr\u003e“All right. Here goes.”\u003cbr\u003eJerry accommodatingly closed his eyelids. He opened them almost immediately as he heard a loud thump in the room.\u003cbr\u003e“What was that?” he asked.\u003cbr\u003e“That was yours truly,” explained Bob.\u003cbr\u003e“What doing?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Motor Boys were the heroes of a popular series of adventure books for boys at the turn of the 20th century issued by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym of Clarence Young. This series was published by Cupples \u0026amp; Leon and was issued with dustjackets and glossy frontispiece. Howard Garis (author of the Uncle Wiggly stories) wrote many, if not all, of these stories. NOTE: The name of their boat ( Dartaway) is also the name of the plane mentioned in The Rover Boys In The Air (1912).","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171677946096,"sku":"2940148176626","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148176626_p0.jpg?v=1763698520","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148176626","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}