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Title: Over the Rockies with the Air Mail, or, Ted Scott Lost in the Wilderness
Date of first publication: 1927
Author: Edward Stratemeyer, as Franklin W. Dixon
Date first posted: June 2, 2018
Date last updated: June 2, 2018
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[Illustration: AT ALL COSTS THE MAIL MUST BE SAVED.]

THE TED SCOTT FLYING STORIES

OVER THE ROCKIES
WITH THE AIR MAIL

OR
TED SCOTT LOST IN THE WILDERNESS

By
FRANKLIN W. DIXON
Author of
“Over the Ocean to Paris,” “Rescued in the Clouds,” “The Hardy Boys:
The Secret of the Old Mill,” etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY_
Walter S. Rogers

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America

BOOKS FOR BOYS

By FRANKLIN W. DIXON

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

THE TED SCOTT FLYING STORIES

OVER THE OCEAN TO PARIS
Or Ted Scott’s Daring Long-Distance Flight
RESCUED IN THE CLOUDS
Or Ted Scott, Hero of the Air
OVER THE ROCKIES WITH THE AIR MAIL
Or Ted Scott Lost in the Wilderness
FIRST STOP HONOLULU
Or Ted Scott over the Pacific

THE HARDY BOYS MYSTERY STORIES

THE HARDY BOYS: THE TOWER TREASURE
THE HARDY BOYS: THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF
THE HARDY BOYS: THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL

(Other volumes in preparation)

GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

TO THE HEROES OF THE AIR

WILBUR WRIGHT—ORVILLE WRIGHT
The first men to fly in a heavier-than-air machine
LOUIS BLERIOT
The first to fly the English Channel
CAPTAIN JOHN ALCOCK
The first to fly from Newfoundland to Ireland
COMMANDER RICHARD E. BYRD
In command flying over the North Pole
COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
First to fly alone from New York to Paris
CLARENCE D. CHAMBERLIN
First to fly from New York to Germany
LIEUTENANTS LESTER J. MAITLAND—ALBERT F. HEGENBERGER
First to fly from California to Hawaii

And a host of other gallant airmen of the Past and Present who, by their
daring exploits, have made aviation the wonderful achievement it is
to-day.

THIS SERIES OF BOOKS
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A Daring Venture 1
II Fighting the Gale 10
III A Forced Landing 23
IV Snowbound 30
V A Kindred Spirit 39
VI The Grip of the Tempest 53
VII Flying Fists 64
VIII The Pursuing Car 71
IX Startling News 79
X The Red Demon 89
XI A Surly Rival 96
XII The Mysterious Ticking 105
XIII A Close Call 115
XIV On the Alert 123
XV The Revelation 133
XVI Falling from the Skies 142
XVII At Grips with Death 148
XVIII Lost in the Rockies 156
XIX The Midnight Prowler 166
XX Over the Cliff 172
XXI The Rattler 181
XXII In the Torrent 188
XXIII In Dire Plight 194
XXIV Rescue 200
XXV A Scoundrel Punished 208