Fairview Boys and Their Rivals - Illustrated

Fairview Boys and Their Rivals is the third book in the Fairview Boys Series. Published in 1912, it is full of action, adventure, and danger. Barely a page goes by without one of the Boys or someone nearby getting into a life-threatening situation. Ben Bouncer and his friends find themselves back in school after an exciting summer. But, Jed Burr and his gang of young delinquents seem bound to cause them grief in the classroom, on the athletic fields, and in the community.

Frederick Gordon was one of many pseudonyms used by Edward Stratemeyer as part of his Stratemeyer Syndicate. Edward Stratemeyer wrote more than 1,300 books himself, selling over 500 million copies. In addition to 10 Dave Porter books, Stratemeyer wrote seven series with mostly a military nature. He also created Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Rover Boys, The Dana Boys, Bomba the Jungle Boy, and Tom Swift. He wrote under seven pen names and employed a number of ghost writers for whom he wrote plot outlines. The "Stratemeyer Syndicate" was a large organization and controlled a number of publishers.

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