Dave Fearless After a Sunken Treasure: Or, The Rival Ocean Divers

A race against rival divers to claim a million-dollar fortune at the bottom of the sea. Dave Fearless and his father Amos have uncovered the location of the legendary wreck of the steamship Happy Hour, but they aren't the only ones hunting the sunken treasure. The scheming Hankers family breathes down their necks, and when young Bart Hankers catches wind of their plans, the competition explodes into open warfare. Underwater exploration in 1918 meant diving suits and hand-cranked air pumps, making every descent into the depths a gamble with death itself. Dave must outsmart, outswim, and out-dare his rivals while battling dangerous sea creatures and the crushing pressure of the ocean deep. This is vintage boys' adventure fiction at its purest: fast-paced, breezy, and utterly unapologetic about its formula. Roy Rockwood, writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, delivers exactly what early twentieth-century juvenile readers craved. If you've ever dreamed of striking it rich against impossible odds, this treasure hunt delivers.