The three policemen; or, Young Bottsford of Farbe island,

Date:

1938.

Author:

Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH D816 T57 1938 LOCAL

Publisher:

The Viking Press

Abstract:

The ingenuity of ten-year-old Bottsford enables the three policemen of an isolated idyllic isle to catch the thieves who have been stealing the islanders' fish and fishing nets.

Physical Description:

92 pages illustrations (some color) 26 cm

Notes:

"First published August 1938." LOCAL

Curator Notes:

1938 Viking imprint, c 1938, 1st pub. Aug 1938, with dust jacket; spine titles and front cover vignette printed in yellow on gray cloth

Subjects:

Police Juvenile fiction, Islands Juvenile fiction, Contentment Juvenile fiction, Fishers Juvenile fiction, Fishing nets Juvenile fiction, Theft Juvenile fiction, Ability Juvenile fiction, Awards Juvenile fiction, Wit and humor, Juvenile, Mystery and detective stories, Ability, Awards, Contentment, Fishers, Fishing nets, Islands, Police, Theft, and Wit and humor, Juvenile

Genres/Forms:

Humorous stories Juvenile, Detective and mystery stories Juvenile, Fiction, Juvenile works, Juvenile literature 1938. rbgenr, Authors' presentation inscription (Provenance) Du Bois 1938. rbprov, and Dust jackets (Bindings) 1938. rbbin