FEATURED AUTHOR - After graduating from Duke University, Glen Dawson owned and operated a flexible packaging manufacturing plant for 23 years. Then, he sold the factory and went back to school to get his Master's degree in biostatistics from Boston University. When he moved to North Carolina, he opened an after-school learning academy for advanced math students in grades 2 through 12. After growing the academy from 30 to 430 students, he sold it to Art of Problem Solving. Since retiring from Art of Problem…
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I first read this book almost 40 years ago. It was part of my 7th grade curriculum in a correspondence course from Calvert School in Baltimore. I still have that copy and revisit it about once a decade and it ages well. I have loaned the book to several friends and they were all enchanted with it.
I grew up with three brothers and if you thing that chapters such as those dealing with the old town battery are a stretch, I can assure you that such behavior is well within the range of mischief in which a group of fun-loving boys can engage.