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:# The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck, or, Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields-1921
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They may even dismiss it from their minds as something that concerns only the `` ecclesiastical Rover Boys '', as someone has dubbed them, who like to go to national and international assemblies, and have expense accounts that permit them to do so.
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.
The first series that Stratemeyer created was the Rover Boys, published under the pseudonym Arthur M. Winfield.
The Rover Boys books were a roaring success-a total of 30 volumes was published between 1899 and 1926, selling over five million copies.
Kelly sang many defining versions of traditional songs like " The Black Velvet Band ", " Whiskey in the Jar ", " Home Boys Home "; but also Phil Coulter's " The Town I Loved So Well ", Ewan MacColl's " Dirty Old Town ", " The Wild Rover ", and " Raglan Road ", written by the famous Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh.
He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1, 300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys ( starting in 1899 ), The Bobbsey Twins ( starting in 1904 ), Tom Swift ( starting in 1910 ), The Hardy Boys ( starting in 1927 ), and the Nancy Drew ( starting in 1930 ) series, among others.
The cartoon is a parody of the Rover Boys, a popular juvenile fiction book series of the early 20th century.
The three Dover Boys, Tom, Dick and Larry ( a play on both the Rover Boys ' names Tom, Sam and Dick, and the generic reference " Tom, Dick and Harry "), who attend Pimento University (" good old P. U. "), are introduced.
" ( The occurrences of the names Cheddar and Roquefort are another play on words, reflecting the Rover Boys ' old school of Colby Hall.
The Boys are called upon to rescue Dora when she is kidnapped by the nefarious stock villain Dan Backslide ( a play on the name of the Rover Boys series villain Dan Baxter ).
* In the 1950s a vocal group named after the Rover Boys had a Top 20 hit single with the school-themed " Graduation Day ".
* Over a million Rover Boys books were sold and the titles remained in print by Grosset & Dunlap and later Whitman for years after the final title was published.
* Three-quarters of a century after embarking on their final adventures, yellowed copies of the Rover Boys books can be found in American thrift shops and flea markets.
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