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The Happy Hollisters
Publisher: Doubleday & Co.
Place: New York, United States. Date: 1953-1970.
The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip
by Jerry West
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953 (The Happy Hollisters, 2).
Hardback in cherry red paper-covered boards with black spine lettering and cover decorations. Pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. Blue and black illustrations by Helen S. Hamilton. 184 pages.
THE HAPPY HOLLISTERS (DOUBLEDAY)
Series Note: An American series of 33 novels for young people (age group 7-11 years). The theme of the novels is as follows: The Hollisters are a middle-class family living in Pine Lake, Shoreham, in the U.S. state of Vermont. Young and handsome, the parents have five children, ranging in age from four to twelve: two boys and three girls. Together, they enjoy solving the various puzzles they encounter during their vacations and travels.
All of the novels were written by Jerry West, which was actually the pen name of a collective of writers working for the Stratemeyer Syndicate that which produced a number of other children's book series such as The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift and Nancy Drew.
Most of the titles in the series were published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York and others by the Doubleby imprint, Garden City Publishing, New York. The books were printed in three formats: trade edition hardcover with dustwrapper, trade edition hardcover with pictorial cover, and book cover edition with dustwrapper. Two color illustrations by Helen Hamilton appeared throughout the text.
In the U.K. the series was published by World Distributors, London. Titles in the series were translated into French, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian and German.
Serial Number / Title
1.
The Happy Hollisters
2.
The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip
3.
The Happy Hollisters at Sea Gull Beach
4.
The Happy Hollisters and the Indian Treasure
5.
The Happy Hollisters at Mystery Mountain
6.
The Happy Hollisters at Snowflake Camp
7.
The Happy Hollisters and the Trading Post Mystery
8.
The Happy Hollisters at Circus Island
9.
The Happy Hollisters and the Secret Fort
10 or 11.
The Happy Hollisters at the Merry-Go-Round Mystery
10 or 11.
The Happy Hollisters and Pony Hill Farm
12.
The Happy Hollisters and the Old Clipper Ship
13.
The Happy Hollisters at Lizard Cove
14.
The Happy Hollisters and the Scarecrow Mystery
15.
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Totem Faces
16.
The Happy Hollisters and the Ice Carnival Mystery
17.
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery in Skyscraper City
18.
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Little Mermaid
19.
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery at Missile Town
20.
The Happy Hollisters and the Cowboy Mystery
21.
The Happy Hollisters and the Haunted House Mystery
22.
The Happy Hollisters and the Secret of the Lucky Coins
23.
The Happy Hollisters and the Castle Rock Mystery
24.
The Happy Hollisters and the Cuckoo Clock Mystery
25.
The Happy Hollisters and the Swiss Echo Mystery
26.
The Happy Hollisters and the Sea Turtle Mystery
27.
The Happy Hollisters and the Punch and Judy Mystery
28.
The Happy Hollisters and the Whistle Pig Mystery
29.
The Happy Hollisters and the Ghost Horse Mystery
30.
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Golden Witch
31.
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Mexican Idol
32.
The Happy Hollisters and the Monster Mystery
33.
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Midnight Trolls
Author: David Paul Wagner