Guns and Snowshoes; Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters

"Guns and Snowshoes; Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters" by Edward Stratemeyer is an early 1900s story that follows a group of adventurous boys on a hunting-filled winter camping trip. The main characters, Snap, Whopper, Shep, and Giant, are four friends with a love for the outdoors, starting their adventure in the snowy town of Fairview, ready for their winter break after working hard in school. Their fun begins with a snowball fight that leads to a run-in with Andrew Felps, a local sawmill owner who knows the boys. The tone shifts as they discover their summer camp was destroyed in a fire, hinting at new challenges and old enemies that might make their outing more exciting and surprising than expected.