The moving picture boys on the coast : $b or, Showing up the perils of the deep
Also published as: The movie boys and the wreckers.
E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net)
"The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast" by Victor Appleton is a fictional adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around two young protagonists, Joe Duncan and Blake Stewart, who are moving picture boys seeking to capture exciting films in various locations. The adventure begins with the boys and their cowboy guide, Hank Selby, as they navigate challenges related to capturing films, such as dealing with a group of renegade Indians and seeking Joe's long-lost father. At the start of the novel, the trio has just finished recording dangerous scenes involving Moqui Indians and is making their way back to civilization. On their journey, they discuss upcoming plans, including a search for Joe's father. However, their adventure takes an unexpected turn when they are attacked by the Indians who raid their camp at night, creating an atmosphere of urgency and suspense. The boys quickly gather to defend themselves and their valuable film equipment, setting the stage for an action-packed narrative filled with daring rescues and unexpected twists. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading ease score: 92.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read.
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Juvenile fiction
Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog