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What happens when a troop of joking scouts takes its skills beyond the comforts of camp?
In Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike, Percy Keese Fitzhugh brings together outdoor adventure and boyhood humor. Roy and his fellow scouts head out on a hike that calls on what they learn in camp. The trail gives them room to test their skills, trade jokes and show how well they look after one another.
Roy tells the story himself, with wordplay, silly comparisons and plenty of teasing banter. Beneath the laughter lie the scout ideals of loyalty, helpfulness and fair play. The boys face the challenge of putting those ideals into practice, where knowing a knot or following a trail matters alongside keeping your good cheer.
What you’ll discover
- A lively scout storyteller Follow Roy's talkative telling, where jokes and silly comparisons keep the adventure light.
- Skills beyond the camp Join scouts as a hike asks them to use what camp life teaches.
- Friendship full of banter Enjoy the teasing warmth of boys who joke together and stand by one another.
- Fair play in action Explore loyalty and helpfulness through scouts expected to treat others fairly along the way.
- Old-fashioned outdoor fun Step into a world of trails, camp craft and challenges met with good cheer.
Who will love it
Readers who love jokes and wordplay, comic scout adventures, and camp-style friendships will enjoy this. It suits anyone who likes a tough task told with a grin, a lively narrator, and one very funny small boy.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A vow made over peanuts
- Marching through Bridgeboro
- A fat man, cookies and a camera
- Warde Hollister gets his invitation
- Across the river and into a scare
- A shack, a face and a Ferris wheel
- Little Valley, a Girl Scout and trespass
Who’s who
- Roy BlakeleyThe jokester patrol leader of the Silver Foxes who tells the story and swears the scouts to a straight line west.
- Pee-wee HarrisA small, loud Raven scout loaded with gear and always hungry, who tags along and keeps seeing bandits.
- Westy MartinRoy's sharp-eyed friend who dreams up the bee-line hike and notices things others miss.
- Warde HollisterA bookish boy who first scorns scouts, then joins the hike and proves reckless and brave.
- Dora Dane DaringA quick-witted Girl Scout from Little Valley who teases the boys, then helps them when it counts.
- Mr. CopleyA big, good-natured man who will not let the scouts through his house but offers ladders and pie.
- Tom GilliganA newsreel cameraman who films the scouts and tells Warde to choose the real thing.
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Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike
by Percy Keese Fitzhugh · 1922
Nine scouts vow to walk seven miles due west, straight through houses, rivers and a haunted Ferris wheel.
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Imagine promising to walk seven miles in a dead straight line, no matter what stands in your way. That is the silly vow at the heart of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike, a comic scouting adventure by Percy Keese Fitzhugh from the early 1920s.
From the 15-minute summary · Key idea 1
A vow made over peanuts
Roy Blakeley leads the Silver Fox Patrol, and he is left to look after Pee-wee Harris, a Raven scout who turns up on his porch dressed like a walking hardware store. Pee-wee has tried to win a boy named Warde Hollister for the patrol, and Warde only laughed.
Then Westy Martin spots a big poplar tree on a far ridge, in a straight line from the porch. He proposes a bee-line hike, due west, turning aside for nothing, even if they must go through buildings.
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What is Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike about?
It follows a patrol of Boy Scouts who vow to walk seven miles due west to a distant tree, turning for nothing. They meet houses, a river, a haunted Ferris wheel, a hat sign and many jokes along the way.
Who is Pee-wee Harris?
Pee-wee Harris is a small, loud Raven Patrol scout who has been wished on the Silver Foxes for the summer. He carries cooking gear and a phonograph horn, loves food, and keeps the patrol laughing.
What is a bee-line hike?
A bee-line hike means walking in a perfectly straight line toward a goal, such as a tree. In this book the scouts must go over, under or through whatever stands in the way, and they must stay honest about the line.
The author
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
1876–1950 · American children's writer
Percy Keese Fitzhugh was an American author of popular boys' fiction in the early twentieth century, best remembered for his cheerful Boy Scout adventure series. Skinny McCord belongs to that same warm-hearted tradition of youthful adventure and good humor.
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