Og, Son of Og (1965) 20.7 cm, x, 211 [3] pp. New York. Dodd Mead & Co. (cover signed 'M[ort] Künstler')´   1. The Kidnapped Cave Boy   2. The Fire Demon   3. His Fire Goes Out   4. The Thundermakers   5. River Monsters   6. Og's "Dogs"   7. Saber-toothed Savage   8. Cave of the Tiger   9. Og, the Bow Maker 10. Eyes in the Dark 11. Og Tries an Arrow 12. Where Are the Pigs? 1 12 17 22 28 37 45 51 56 64 73 82 13. When the World Rocked 14. Trapped in the Cave 15. Dangers in the Dark 16. Death in the Sky 17. Turtle Egg Beach 18. The Sea Monster 19. Red Beard Menace 20. Solta's Fire Goes Out 21. A Fire for Ting 22. Danger in the Jungle 23. White Death 83 102 112 120 132 142 153 165 176 189 196 from the inside flap of the dustjacket: THIS NEW OG BOOK appears in response to popular demand from countless Og fans — three generations of them — who first met this virile cave man nearly fifty years ago in a book. Since then, there have been more Og books, a radio series, cartoon strips, games and figurines of the popular hero. Quite recently, Og, Jr., the son of the original Og, made his debut in Boys' Life. This young cave boy, who is stolen by the ape tribe, is just as prone to breathtakingly dangerous adventures — and the ability to surmount them — as his famous father ever was! from the back of the dustjacket, slightly abridged from pages 213-214: IRVING CRUMP writes of himself: "When I first became editor of Boys' Life, which was so long ago that I don't like to remember that far back, I often received letters from boys asking me how I thought Man had discovered how to make and control fire and use it to cook his food, and how he had developed the bow, the spear, and his other crude stone age weapons. Of course, I did not know. But in those days I had the advantage of talking to men interested in anthropology and archeology and the progress of Man up through the ages, such men as Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, Dr. Osborne and others. They did not know either — but they had some interesting ideas, all of which inspired me to write the first Og story, Og, Son of Fire. Two other books about this prehistoric boy followed [Og, Boy of Battle (1925), Og of the Cave People (1935)] and a little later Og and his friends were featured on radio for two years. "World War II made interest in Og subside considerably, but it never did disappear entirely and some time after the war a new generation of boys, particularly Boy Scouts, began to write letters to me about him and his adventures. The upshot of all this was the suggestion that Og, Son of Og, might make an interesting prehistoric boy hero, so now it has become his turn to learn how to build a fire, to make his own weapons and to face and overcome the perils of a world rocked by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and inhabited by the fearsome Saber-Toothed tigers, Hairy Mammoths, Wooly Rhinoceroses, Great Cave Bears, and other menacing creatures. "Primitive camping was carried on by 'Og Patrols' among the Boy Scouts for many years. In fact, when I was a boy, old Dan Beard developed a camping program of that nature which I often practiced as a camper. Dan Beard was one of my heroes in those days, and it was he who furnished the inspiration that made me interested in writing for boys and ultimately becoming the editor of Boys' Life, in which position I served for twenty-five years. "Meanwhile, I wrote numerous books and short stories for boys, and more than one thousand scripts for such radio programs as 'Og, Son of Fire,' 'Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy,' 'Treasure Island' and others. They have been busy years, but there has, happily, always been time for the pleasures of the out-of-doors, camping, fly fishing and bird watching, and hunting with camera or binoculars, for long ago I gave up carrying a gun with me in the woods. I have no desire whatever to kill any of my furred or feathered friends. There is too much fun watching them as they go about their daily lives in their wilderness homes."

The Grosset & Dunlap editions

When were the Grosset & Dunlap editions published? There were three Grosset & Dunlap reprints, Og, Boy of Battle, Og of the Cave People, and Mog, the Mound Builder. I have seen reports of a G&D reprint of Og, Son of Fire, but no confirmation. The dustjackets of the G&D editions do not mention it. The Grosset & Dunlap reprint of Og, Boy of Battle shows only "Copyright by Irving Crump" on the title page verso, no date; Og of the Cave People shows "Copyright 1935 by Irving Crump"; and Mog, the Mound Builder, "Copyright 1931 by Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc." These dates are the dates of the Dodd, Mead publications. At the top of each of the front dustjacket flaps is this notice: The G&D reprint of Og, Boy of Battle does not include all eight of the Charles Livingston Bull illustrations of the Dodd, Mead edition, only one, as the frontispiece. Similarly with Mog, the Mound Builder. In the case of Og of the Cave People, the illustrations are no longer plates on coated stock, and the reprint edition contains the same set. The three G&D reprints are a uniform edition, apparently published at the same time. The dustjackets, bindings and endpapers make them look like a set. The rear dustjacket flaps advertise all three, with no mention of Og, Son of Fire. They seem to have been priced at $1.00 - no price is explicitly marked, but in the usual price location is "100100" (above). The endpapers use a version of Jack Murray's "Terrors of the Tundra" illustration from the May, 1935 issue of Boys' Life, the same year Dodd, Mead published Og of the Cave People. But when were the Grosset & Dunlap reprint editions published? One clue is that there was a 1946 printing of the Dodd, Mead edition of Og, Son of Fire, suggesting that they are later than that. But there was probably no G&D reprint of that book, so it's merely a hint. I'd like to find copies of the dustjackets for the Dodd, Mead editions and any evidence of G&D reprint of the first book... or any other information regarding printings, publication dates, etc. If you can provide further information on these issues, I'd appreciate hearing from you.

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