Despite the title, the Rover Brothers spend several chapters -- over half the book -- back East, against arch-nemeses Josiah Crabtree and the Baxter family. Formulaic fun was dated even by the 1940's when Orson Welles satirized it on the radio. - Summary by BellonaTimes
Chapters
1 Introduction 2 min 2 Returning From A Great Game 13 min 3 Something About the Rovers 13 min 4 The Missing Danger Signal 12 min 5 A Trail is Found and Lost 12 min 6 A Struggle in the Dark 11 min 7 An Interesting Letter 11 min 8 A Hunt Through the Woods 10 min 9 What Became of Tom 11 min 10 A Dose of Tar and Feathers 11 min 11 In the Nick of Time 12 min 12 Brought to Trial 11 min 13 Winter Days at Putnam Hall 10 min 14 Lost in the Snow 12 min 15 A Few Spring Happenings 13 min 16 How Arnold Baxter Escaped 11 min 17 Something About the Eclipse Mine 11 min 18 Bound For The West 12 min 19 The Rover Boys in Chicago 11 min 20 The Burly Stranger's Little Game 11 min 21 Just A Little Too Late 9 min 22 Off For the Mining District 10 min 23 Lost in the Mountains 11 min 24 Tom Meets the Enemy 10 min 25 The Search for the Missing Boy 9 min 26 A Cave and A Bear 11 min 27 The Baxters Try To Make Terms 9 min 28 Dash for Liberty 9 min 29 Bill Noxton Comes to Grief 8 min 30 Locating the Lost Mine 9 min 31 The Landslide - Conclusion 12 min
