Dick Prescott's First Year At West Point

H. Irving Hancock

Kessinger Publishing, Jun 1, 2004 - Fiction - 140 pages

Dick and Greg found they had much to talk about in comparing notes of what each had learned about the nature of duties in the summer camp. They were still thus engaged when Anstey bounded back into the tent. The young Virginian looked as though he were having a tremendously hard time to keep himself from exploding.

About the author

Harrie Irving Hancock (H. Irving Hancock) was born January 16, 1868 in Massachusetts. Hancock was a prolific writer, an American chemist, and a Jiu-Jitsu expert. He is mostly known for his juvenile "boys" series such as The Grammar School Boys/Dick & Co. Series, The High School Boys Series, The Young Engineer Series, and Uncle Sam's Boys Series, but was also well-known for his physical fitness writing which included several manuals on Jiu-Jitsu. Hancock was also a war correspondent, which lead to his historical fiction series on a German invasion of the United States. Hancock married Nellie Stein on December 21, 1887 and had two adopted daughters. Hancock died of liver illness in Blue Point, Suffolk County, New York on March 12, 1922.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dick Prescott's First Year At West Point
• Author: H. Irving Hancock
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2004
• ISBN: 1419116045, 9781419116049
• Length: 140 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General