![]() Sugar Creek Gang: The Swamp Robber | |
Author | Paul Hutchens |
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Cover artist | Don Stewart |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's literature |
Publisher | Moody Press |
Published | 1940 |
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Sugar Creek Gang is a series of 36 Christian-themed children's literature books written by Paul Hutchens. [1] The original series is set near Thorntown, Indiana, and named for the nearby Sugar Creek, based upon the formative years of Paul and his six brothers, and chronicles adventure situations told from a faith-based didactic perspective. [1] [2] The first book, The Sugar Creek Gang, was published in 1940; the final installment, The Brown Box Mystery, appeared in 1970. [3] During the 1950s, Hutchens received oral and written feedback from his readers "that they practically grew up on Sugar Creek books as their main reading diet during juvenile days." [4] In 2001, Pauline Hutchens Wilson took over her father's books with the release of The Case of the Red Hot Possum as the first book in "The New Sugar Creek Gang" series. [5] [6]
According to Moody Publishing, the original series sold over three million print copies. [1] The books are available in DVD, CD and audio versions. [2] [7] Radio dramatizations were produced by Northwestern College (now University of Northwestern) in St. Paul, Minnesota; these are broadcast daily as a segment of the afternoon Captain’s Club children's program on the Bible Broadcasting Network. [8]
In 2004, the stories were made into a series of movies, directed by Joy Chapman and Owen Smith. [1]
"The Sugar Creek Gang" consists of six boys, and later an additional member was introduced. All the characters are Christians. The group listing is:
"New Sugar Creek Gang" is a six-book series written by Pauline Hutchens Wilson, [5] [6] daughter of the original author, and Sandy Dengler. The "new gang" consists of five members: Bits, Tiny, Les, Lynn, and Mike.
# | Title | Original Title | First Published | Notes |
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1 | The Swamp Robber | The Sugar Creek Gang | 1940 | |
2 | The Killer Bear | We Killed A Bear | 1940 | |
3 | The Winter Rescue | Further Adventures of the Sugar Creek Gang | 1940 | |
4 | The Lost Campers | The Sugar Creek Gang Goes Camping | 1941 | |
5 | The Chicago Adventure | The Sugar Creek Gang in Chicago | 1941 | |
6 | The Secret Hideout | The Sugar Creek Gang in School | 1942 | |
7 | The Mystery Cave | Mystery at Sugar Creek | 1943 | |
8 | Palm Tree Manhunt | The Sugar Creek Gang Flies to Cuba, On Palm Tree Island | 1944 | |
9 | One Stormy Day | One Stormy Day at Sugar Creek | 1946 | |
10 | The Mystery Thief | The New Sugar Creek Mystery | 1946 | |
11 | Teacher Trouble | Shenanigans at Sugar Creek | 1947 | |
12 | Screams in the Night | The Sugar Creek Gang Goes North | 1947 | |
13 | The Indian Cemetery | Adventure in an Indian Cemetery | 1947 | |
14 | The Treasure Hunt | The Sugar Creek Gang Digs for Treasure | 1948 | |
15 | Thousand Dollar Fish | North Woods Manhunt | 1948 | |
16 | The Haunted House | The Haunted House at Sugar Creek | 1949 | |
17 | Lost in the Blizzard | Lost in a Sugar Creek Blizzard | 1950 | |
18 | On the Mexican Border | The Sugar Creek Gang on the Mexican Border | 1950 | |
19 | The Green Tent Mystery | The Green Tent Mystery at Sugar Creek | 1950 | |
20 | The Bull Fighter | 10,000 Minutes at Sugar Creek | 1952 | |
21 | The Trapline Thief | Trap Line Thief at Sugar Creek | 1953 | |
22 | The Blue Cow | Blue Cow at Sugar Creek | 1953 | |
23 | The Watermelon Mystery | Watermelon Mystery at Sugar Creek | 1955 | |
24 | The Tree House Mystery | Old Stranger's Secret at Sugar Creek | 1957 | |
25 | The Timber Wolf | The Sugar Creek Gang at Snow Goose Lodge | 1957 | |
26 | Western Adventure | Sugar Creek Gang Goes Western | 1957 | |
27 | The Killer Cat | We Killed a Wildcat at Sugar Creek | 1958 | |
28 | Locked in the Attic | Down a Sugar Creek Chimney | 1959 | |
29 | The Colorado Kidnapping | Wild Horse Canyon Mystery | 1959 | |
30 | The Runaway Rescue | Runaway Rescue at Sugar Creek | 1960 | |
31 | The Cemetery Vandals | The Worm Turns at Sugar Creek | 1961 | |
32 | The Battle of the Bees | Sleeping Beauty at Sugar Creek | 1962 | |
33 | The Case of the Missing Calf | 1964 | ||
34 | The Ghost Dog | Howling Dog in the Sugar Creek Swamp | 1968 | |
35 | The White Boat Rescue | White Boat Rescue at Sugar Creek | 1969 | |
36 | The Brown Box Mystery | 1970 | ||
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