External links
- Submarine Boys Series at Henry Altemus Company
- Works by Victor G. Durham at Project Gutenberg
The Submarine Boys Series public domain audiobook at LibriVox - Works by or about Victor G. Durham at Internet Archive
| Author | Victor G. Durham |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult, adventure, war fiction |
| Publisher | Henry Altemus Company |
| Published | 1909–1920 |
| Media type | |
| No. of books | 9 |
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. [1] [2] [3] He is also referred to as "Lieutenant-commander Victor G. Durham" [4]
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.
The Submarine Boys Series public domain audiobook at LibriVox 
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