Paul Hutchens

Not to be confused with Paul Hutchins.

Paul Hutchens (April 7, 1902, Thorntown, Indiana – January 23, 1977, Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American author. In addition to writing The Sugar Creek Gang, a series of 36 Christian-themed juvenile fiction books about the adventures of a group of young boys, he also wrote numerous adult fiction books, many with a romance theme.^{[1] [2]} The author was a graduate of Moody Bible Institute. The Sugar Creek Gang books have been popular in evangelical Christian homes and have remained in print through multiple format and cover art changes.^[3] The books have also been dramatized on the radio, and in 2004, the stories were made into a series of movies, directed by Joy Chapman and Owen Smith.^[4] His books were originally published by Wm. B. Eerdmans, and later reprinted by other publishers such as Van Kampen Press and Moody Press.

Bibliography

• Romance of Fire (1934)
• This Way Out
• A Song Forever (1936)
• The Last First (1936)
• The Voice (1937)
• This Is Life
• Mastering Marcus (1938)
• Yesterday's Rain (1938)
• Shafted Sunlight
• Windblown (1942)
• Blaze Start
• The Vision (1942)
• Cup of Cold Water
• Eclipse
• When God Says No
• Morning Flight (1944)
• A Song Forever (1945)
• How to Meet Your Troubles
• Uninterrupted Sky (1949)
• Morning Light (1952)
• Cup of Cold Water (1952)
• The Mystery of the Marsh (1956)
• Yours for Four Years (1954)
• East of the Shadow
• My Life and I (autobiography) (1962)

The Sugar Creek Gang series

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• Battle of the Bees
• Blue Cow
• Brown Box Mystery
• Bull Fighter
• Cemetery Vandals
• Chicago Adventure
• Colorado Kidnapping
• Ghost Dog
• Green Tent Mystery
• Haunted House
• Indian Cemetery
• Killer Bear
• Killer Cat
• Locked in the Attic
• Lost Camper
• Lost in the Blizzard
• Mystery Cave
• Mystery Thief
• On the Mexican Border
• One Stormy Day
• Palm Tree Manhunt
• Runaway Rescue
• Screams in the Night
• Secret Hideout
• Swamp Robber
• Teacher Trouble
• Thousand Dollar Fish
• Timber Wolf
• Trapline Thief
• Treasure Hunt
• Tree House Mystery
• Watermelon Mystery
• Western Adventure
• White Boat Rescue
• Winter Rescue

Jeanie series

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• It All Began With Jeanie
• The Trouble With Jeanie
• Terror On The Mountain

References

1. "Hutchens, Paul 1902-". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
2. Commire, Anne (1983). Something about the author, Volume 31. Gale Research. pp. 94, 98–99. ISBN 9780810300576. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
3. Cohen, Charles L.; Boyer, Paul S. (2008-05-29). Religion and the Culture of Print in Modern America. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-22573-5.
4. id=rKvLEC_pElIC&pg=PA43&dq=hutchens+%22sugar+creek+gang%22&hl=en&ei=eHozTMWkMMP7nAfRpf3iAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=hutchens%20%22sugar%20creek%20gang%22&f=false Young, Hal and Young, Melanie, "Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys," Great Waters Press, 2010. ISBN 9780984144303. Retrieved July 6, 2010
5. • Adventures in an Indian Cemetery (1947) Sugar Creek Gang the Indian Cemetery (Moody Press Edition (1967))
6. http://www.sugarcreekgang.info/jeanie.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}

External links

• Mannor, Rick. "Sugar Creek Gang: An Information Site". Retrieved 6 July 2010.
• Works by Paul Hutchens at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Paul Hutchens at the Internet Archive