''Underwater Adventure'' is a
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
children's book
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by the
Canadian
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-born
American
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author
Willard Price
Willard DeMille Price (28 July 1887 – 14 October 1983) was a Canadian-born American traveller, journalist and author.
Early life
Price was born to a family of devout Methodism, Methodists in Peterborough, Ontario. When he was four years ol ...
featuring his "
Adventure
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" series characters,
Hal and Roger Hunt
Hal and Roger Hunt are fictional characters appearing in the children's '' Adventure Series'' novels, by Canadian-born American author Willard Price. The sons of a world-renowned animal collector John Hunt, Hal and Roger have grown up alongside ...
. It was published by
John Day in the US and
Jonathan Cape
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in the UK. The book is about how they go diving and snorkelling for the Oceanographic institute, with a braggish and self-centered man, Skink, on their exciting journey.
1954 American novels
Novels by Willard Price
Underwater adventure novels
1954 children's books
John Day Company books
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