Record Added: 5/22/2015 Series The Happy Hollisters #1 Setting  United States Topic Family Publisher Doubleday Publishers Year 1953 Age 9-12 Pages 184 Description Printed dustjacket
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This series recounts the adventures of a 1950's American middle-class family solving mysteries from their home on Pine Lake in the city of Shoreham (no state is ever provided). The Hollister family includes five children, their parents, a family of cats, a dog and a burro. Pete is the oldest of the Hollister children and is 12 years old. Pam, or Pamela, is 10 years old and very adventurous. Ricky is a red-headed, rambunctious 7-year-old and Holly is a 6-year-old tomboy. The youngest is Sue, age 4.
Their father, Mr. Hollister, owns a general store named The Trading Post, where he sells hardware, sporting goods, and toys. Mrs. Hollister tries to help her children solve mysteries and is always ready with handy tips for solving cases.
Joey Brill and Will Wilson appear as rivals of the Hollister family in most books. While not actually villains, they appear as obstacles and annoyances to the Hollisters' mystery-solving efforts in most plots. Usually their disruptive actions are shown to be the result of lack of awareness, apathy, or indifference, rather than malicious motives. |
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I remember reading this series in Kimberly. The Happy Hollisters, were all written by Andrew Svenson, whose identity as Jerry West was kept secret until several years after his death in 1975. There were 33 Hollister titles published.
From Cornerstone Gifts & Antiques, Salmon ID, July 4 2020 weekend. |
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