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Far from the playing field, can fair play still guide a young hero through treasure and danger?
In Frank Merriwell Down South, Burt L. Standish takes his young athlete and student beyond familiar campus ground. The trail leads through Mexico and the American South, with treasure, danger and daring driving the action. Frank brings strength, quick thinking and a cheerful spirit to an adventure where nerve and good sense count.
The story moves through short, fast chapters, keeping the focus on action rather than subtle character study. At its center is a hero who plays fair. Honesty, courage, loyalty to friends and self-control matter more than money, giving the hunt for treasure a clear moral center. The thrills also offer a glimpse into early American popular fiction.
What you’ll discover
- A hero who plays fair Meet Frank Merriwell, a strong, quick and cheerful young man guided by honesty.
- Beyond the familiar campus Follow the young athlete into a wider world across Mexico and the American South.
- Treasure, danger and daring Enjoy an adventure that puts nerve and good sense at the heart of the action.
- Short chapters, quick thrills Find a brisk pace that keeps the tale moving from chapter to chapter.
- Values behind the adventure Explore a story where courage, friendship and self-control carry more weight than money.
Who will love it
You will enjoy it if you love fast adventures with bandits, balloons, duels, haunted swamps and feuding mountain moonshiners, and if a cheerful young hero with quick fists and a quicker wit is your idea of good company.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A dying man describes a silver palace
- A beggar's sad story falls apart
- Bandits strike and the professor is carried off
- The guide is a bandit in disguise
- Strange warnings guide them toward the volcano
- Mardi Gras brings a stampede and a mystery
- Following a trail through the French quarter
- A flower crown draws a crowd
- A friend arrives in the darkness
Who’s who
- Frank MerriwellA brave, quick-thinking young man who loves adventure, fights fair and shows mercy even to enemies.
- Professor ScotchFrank's fussy little guardian, who boasts of courage but trembles at every shadow.
- Hans DunnerwustA good-hearted Dutch boy who follows Frank to Mexico and shouts Chimminy Gristmas at every shock.
- Barney MulloyFrank's reckless Irish schoolmate, who loves a fight, a song and a loyal friendship.
- Alwin BushnellA rough Western prospector who hopes to cross a chasm by balloon and claim the Silver Palace.
- Carlos MerriwellFrank's scar-faced cousin, an escaped convict who will do anything to get the family fortune.
- Inza BurrageA girl from Fardale who is pressed into a marriage she does not want and turns to Frank for help.
- Kate KenyonA sharp-tongued mountain girl in Tennessee who hates revenue officers and fears nothing.
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Frank Merriwell Down South
by Burt L. Standish · 1897
A dying prospector gives Frank Merriwell a golden idol and a map to a silver palace hidden in the Mexican mountains.
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A dying man describes a silver palace
The story opens in a wretched adobe hut near Mendoza, Mexico. A sick American named Jack Burk tells Frank Merriwell about a palace of gold and silver in the Sierra Madre, built in the days of Cortez and guarded by fearful natives.
Professor Scotch, Frank's fussy guardian, insists the man is delirious. But Burk presses a crumpled map into Frank's hand and shows a small golden Aztec figure, and the professor admits the gold is real. Burk explains that he and his partner, Alwin Bushnell, crossed a misty chasm by balloon, and he names Frank his heir before witnesses. Hans Dunnerwust, Frank's Dutch chum, can only mutter Chimminy Gristmas.
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What is Frank Merriwell Down South about?
Frank Merriwell travels with his guardian and friends through Mexico, New Orleans, Florida and Tennessee. He hunts a hidden silver palace, outwits bandits and duelists, solves swamp mysteries and faces mountain moonshiners.
Is Frank Merriwell Down South part of a series?
Yes. It follows Frank Merriwell Out West in the series of Frank Merriwell adventures, and its last page points ahead to Frank Merriwell's Bravery, set in Oklahoma, Utah and California.
Who is Professor Scotch?
He is Frank's guardian, named in Frank's late uncle's will to travel with him. He is a small, excitable scholar who boasts of bravery, yet he shows real courage when it counts.
The author
Burt L. Standish
1866–1945 · American adventure writer
Burt L. Standish was a pen name of Gilbert Patten, an American writer born in Corinna, Maine, in 1866. He wrote the Frank Merriwell stories, which began appearing in Tip Top Weekly in 1896. His books included Frank Merriwell’s Bravery and Frank Merriwell Down South. He died in California in 1945.
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