The Mule Skinners

Copyright 1945, ex-library, hardcover, 203 pages with b/w illustrations. "Juvenile fiction on young boys who are training for the war. Starts with Tim at his Uncle Bill's farm in Canterbury, Connecticut where he sees an older boy abusing a donkey. Tim quickly buys the donkey. Tim and a new friend try to get accepted into the local Troop where boys are learning to march and other parade maneuvers. But the new friends are smaller than the other boys. However the donkey would be useful for the Troop's training. So the donkey and the two friends are invited to join the Troop. That is just the beginning of a series of adventures in the The Holy Terror; Pal (donkey) is lost; On maneuvers; AWOL; The Treasure; Rattlesnakes; The Parade." Library cardholder/checkout sheet and stamps/notations inside. Binding is secure.

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