Jerry Todd, Editor-In-Grief

Jerry Todd #10

by Leo Edwards

Excerpt from Jerry Todd, Editor-in-Grief Red's parents had earlier started east in a new automobile to see the Bunker Hill monu ment and other historic sights, leaving the family nest egg (or should I call him a turkey egg?) to the tender mercies of Mrs. Pansy Biggle, an aunt, who runs a beauty parlor on School Street, as mentioned in some of my earlier books. And when I further explain that it was Aunt Pansy, a great social worker, who mixed up the pink lemonade the night of the big reception, you can readily understand how Red and Rory happened to get such an easy crack at it - meaning the lemonade, of course, and not the elaborate reception itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

282 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1930

About the author

A pseudonym used by Edward Edson Lee.

Edward Edson Lee (September 2, 1884 in Meriden, Illinois – September 28, 1944 in Rockford, Illinois), who wrote under the pen name of Leo Edwards, was a popular children's literature author in the 1920s and 1930s.

Reviews

[Rex Libris · Rating 4 out of 5]

In a previous story, someone donates a totem pole to the people of Tutter, IL. The cultured Leading Lady does not want to have it displayed in the park, and as her husband is the editor of the paper, all the press is against the pole. There is a second paper in Tutter, but it is run by a cantankerous old man who publishes it when he feels like it. Jerry and friends join up with this man to battle the established newspaper, but the man ends up being carted off to the nut house, leaving the boys to run the paper by themselves.

To draw attention to themselves and their cause, one of the boys vows to do a flag pole sitting act on the totem pole. However, the totem pole, the boy, and then the town jeweler all disappear, leaving Jerry and friends to unravel all of the mysterious events.