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  • But I shall never forget in what a quagmire I landed myself when I began to write 'Chums' upon this principle.

    The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography David Christie Murray

  • 'Chums' hit the New Zealand fancy, and the little play was kindly received in many places.

    The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography David Christie Murray

  • For my youth was nursed upon the "penny dreadfuls" of an age that knew not "Chums," nor the "Boys 'Own Paper."

    Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

  • I read the childhood classics like Robinson Crusoe, Alice in Wonderland, Chums Annual.

    Great voices of science fiction 2011

  • A cautionary tale for all womankind, from the mid-90s BBC show "Harry Enfield and Chums" (Thanks, Richard Metzger!)

    Boing Boing 2009

  • I remembered The Missing Chums as the pinnacle of human achievement, a meticulously crafted work of American fiction in which Frank and Joe Hardy, the sons of famed sleuth Fenton Hardy, braved choppy seas and grizzled thugs to rescue their kidnapped friends.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • When a group of literati last month published a list of the hundred greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century, lionizing Ulysses and The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises, I was privately disappointed they had not included The Missing Chums.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • Now, through my bifocals, I again confronted The Missing Chums.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • The comfort of Mrs. Mealey rated fairly low in priority to Phipps, however, compared to the embarrassment of receiving another accusing phone call from the Caring Chums Network.

    Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010

  • Phipps had become a trusted volunteer for the Caring Chums Network, a charitable organization providing adult mentors to emotionally needy children.

    Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010

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