Per-Wee Harris and the Sunken Treasure

Book

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Pike Heritage Museum

Name/Title

Per-Wee Harris and the Sunken Treasure

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.166

Description

Pee-wee Harris first appeared in 1915 as a supporting character in Fitzhugh's series of novels about the Boy Scouts of "Troop 1, Bridgeboro, NJ". Though Pee-wee is small of stature and young of age, he is the quintessential First Class Boy Scout. He is almost always wearing one of his many Scout uniforms, and carries a compass, a pocketknife, a belt axe, and some food to appease his never-ending appetite. His fellow Scouts would say that "Pee-wee is not in the Boy Scouts, the Boy Scouts are in him." His adventures were so numerous that in 1922, Pee-wee was given a book series of his own. The series revolves around him using Scouting skills such as signaling and stalking to have adventures and solve mysteries. The hero of these stories usually gets himself into predicaments through his enthusiasm for the Scout way and his noble intentions. However, Pee-wee is the kind of boy who always lands on his feet. He takes a situation that he manages to screw up. Yet his zeal, Scout knowledge, and luck, always seems to come out on top. “Even when he loses, he wins”. The series also featured other Scouts from the "First Bridgeboro Troop" such as Tom Slade, Roy Blakeley, and Westy Martin, who each also had their own series of books, the first two preceding the Pee-wee series and the last following it. The Pee-wee Harris book series ran until 1930. Pee-wee Harris (1922) Pee-wee Harris on the Trail (1922) Pee-wee Harris in Camp (1922) Pee-wee Harris in Luck (1922) Pee-wee Harris Adrift (1922) Pee-wee Harris F.O.B. Bridgeboro (1923) Pee-wee Harris: Fixer (1924) Pee-wee Harris: As Good As His Word (1925) Pee-wee Harris: Mayor For A Day (1926) Pee-wee Harris and the Sunken Treasure (1927) Pee-wee Harris on the Briny Deep (1928) Pee-wee Harris in Darkest Africa (1929) Pee-wee Harris Turns Detective (1930)

Collection

Boy Scouts of America

Acquisition

Accession

2024.4

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

From the D. Bruce Overly Collection.

Dimensions

Height

7-5/8 in

Width

5-1/8 in

Book Details

Author

Percy K. Fitzhugh

Illustrator

H. S. Barbour

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

New York

Date Published

1927

Time Period

20th Century

General Notes

Note

From the D. Bruce Overly Collection.

Create Date

September 16, 2024