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If pirates, jousting and horseback chases no longer appeal to you, you're too old or too boring. Adventure stories fell out of vogue among 20th century literary types who thought serious fiction had to be boring and depressing, but to those born with fire in their bones, adventure stories are deeply serious.

Not serious like existentialism or keeping a stiff upper lip, but serious like Robin Hood—devoted to protecting the downtrodden, committed to Maid Marian, sworn to fight injustice as long as a soul is in his body, always laughing and ready for a fight or a feast.

G. K. Chesterton wrote adventure stories because they best expressed the eternal joy that supported his generous frame. For those raised on Modern Adventure Stories, joy may seem an inappropriate word for an increasingly dark genre, but the fault lies with those who think adventures are forays into evil rather than romps with Gilbert Keith.

There's nothing evil about a good adventure. There may be bad guys (there ought to be), but if the Good Guy does his job there'll be more of his exploits to talk about than theirs. Because, should he be doing his job, the Hero will be sword-fighting, being clever, wooing, chasing and laughing to the detriment of his enemies on every page.

Average people don't have the adventures Heroes in Books have—they have the adventures of Modern Men in Books. But the way through the prosaic troubles of life isn't to immerse yourself in them, it's to let the Good Guys show The Way Out of Problems, and do your best to imitate them when you meet the less dramatic, but no less real, dangers of everyday existence.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Sterling Classics by Mark Twain, illustrated by Scott McKowen from Sterling Publishing Co. for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $14.95
	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Books of Wonder by Mark Twain, illustrated by Steven Kellogg from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, illustrated by Troy Howell from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer Sterling Classics by Mark Twain, illustrated by Scott McKowen Unabridged from Sterling Publishing Co. Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, illustrated by Norman Rockwell from Heritage Press Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer Books of Wonder by Mark Twain, illustrated by Barry Moser from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, illustrated by Ted Lewin from Simon and Schuster Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, illustrated by Kamil Lohták from Simon and Schuster Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, illustrated by Worth Brehm from Harper & Brothers Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Tom Sawyer Abroad / Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Call of the Wild G&D Famous Dog Stories by Jack London from Grosset & Dunlap for 6th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Captains Courageous Junior Deluxe Editions by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 5th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Classic Library: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain from Smithmark Publishers for 6th-10th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Gift of the Golden Cup A Tale of Rome and Pirates by Isabelle Lawrence, illustrated by Charles V. John from Bobbs-Merril Co for 7th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E. L. Konigsburg 1^st edition from Atheneum for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Nine Man Tree by Robert Newton Peck from Random House for 6th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Swiss Family Robinson Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Stories/Adventure for 5th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, illustrated by Scott McKowen from Sterling Publishing Co. for 6th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Swiss Family Robinson Rainbow Classics by Johann David Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Jeanne Edwards from World Publishing Company for 5th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Swiss Family Robinson Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Swiss Family Robinson Children's Classics by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston, and illustrated by T.H. Robinson, Milo Winter, and Louis Rhead from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 5th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Swiss Family Robinson Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Swiss Family Robinson Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Stories/Adventure for 5th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, Illustrated by T.H. Robinson from Barnes & Noble for 4th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Swiss Family Robinson Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Johann Wyss, translated by W.H.G. Kingston and illustrated by Lynd Ward from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-9th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Swiss Family Robinson Everyman Children's Classics by Johann Wyss, illustrated by Louis Rhead from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Realistic Stories/Adventure for 5th-9th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, illustrated by David Gentleman from Heritage Press for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss ca 1920 from Hurst Publishing for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, translated by David Clarke and illustrated by Charles Folkard from J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly, illustrated by Angela Pruszynska from Macmillan Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade 1929 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $25.00 (1 in stock)

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