The Submarine Boys for the Flag (Esprios Classics)

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The Submarine Boys, by Victor G. Durham, is a series of adventure books for boys, published by Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1909 through 1920. The series featured three sixteen-year-old boys and their underwater adventures. Victor G. Durham was most likely a pen name, possibly of H. Irving Hancock. He is also referred to as Lieutenant-commander Victor G. Durham. Characters in the series include: David Pollard, an ‘innovator’; Jacob Farnum, a shipbuilder; Jack Benson, the captain; and Hal Hastings, Eph Somers and Williamson, all crew. Submarines in the series include the Pollard, the Farnum, the Benson, the Hastings, the Somers and the Spitfire.