The Rover Boys Out West

THE HORSE MANAGED TO CRAWL TO A PLACE OF SAFETY, BUT DICK LOST HIS BALANCE AND WENT CRASHING DOWN Frontispiece


 * This book, "The Rover Boys Out West," forms the fourth volume of the "Rover Boys Series," a line of up-to-date stories for Young Americans. Like the other books of the series, this tale's complete in itself.

In "The Rover Boys at School "we were introduced to Dick, Tom, and Sam, and their amusing and thrilling adventures at Putnam Hall, a military academy for boys situated in the heart of Now York State; in "The Rover Boys on the Ocean "we followed our young heroes during a most daring rescue; and in "The Rover Boys in the jungle" we learn what true American courage can do, even in the heart of the Dark Continent.

In the present tale our young herm are taken at first back to dear old Putnam Hall, and then to the heart of the great mining district of Colorado. All trace of a valuable mine has been lost, and the boys start out on a hunt for the property, little dreaming of the many perils which await them on their quest. How they overcome one obstacle after another, and get the best of their various enemies, will be found in the story itself.

The success of the first Rover Boys books has gratified me beyond measure, and my one hope is that my numerous readers will find this and future volumes of equal interest.

Affectionately and sincerely yours, June 20, 1900



1. Returning from a Great Game

2. Something about the Rover Boys

3. The Missing Danger Signal

4. A Trail is Found and Lost

5. A Struggle in the Dark

6. An Interesting Letter

7. A Hunt through the Woods

8. What Became of Tom

9. A Dose of Tar and Feathers

10. In the Nick of Time

11. Brought to Trial

12. Winter Days at Putnam Hall

13. Lost in the Snow

14. A Few Spring Happenings

15. How Arnold Baxter Escaped

16. Something about the Eclipse Mine

17. Bound for the West

18. The Rover Boys in Chicago

19. The Burly Stranger's Little Game

20. Just a Little too Late

21. Off for the Mining District

22. Lost in the Mountains

23. Tom Meets the Enemy

24. The Search for the Missing Boy

25. A Cave and a bear

26. The Baxters Try to Make Terms

27. Dash for Liberty

28. Bill Noxton Comes to Grief

29. Locating the Lost Mine

30. The Landslide—Conclustion