''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is a 1971 novel by

Jack Bickham Jack Miles Bickham (September 2, 1930 – July 25, 1997) was an American author who wrote 75 published novels, of which two were made into movies, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' and '' Baker's Hawk''. Life Jack Bickham was born September 2, 193 ...

, about a group of orphaned children during the

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. They encounter a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. In 1975

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made a film based on the book. The name of the gang refers to the American dessert.

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