William Hazlett Upson

Botts and the Queen of the North William Hazlett Upson

In Queen of the North, the fourth installment of the Alexander Botts and the Earthworm Tractor series, the saga continues for our hero who tackles a variety of situations to make a sale, including piecing together tractor parts to build a fast-moving prototype equipped to conquer Canada's deep snow and mountains. In this collection of humorous short stories, Botts again faces seemingly insurmountable situations, hostile management, hirings and firings, but somehow manages to pull it all together to save the day!

Alexander Botts was created in 1927 by author William Hazlett Upson, and the stories are based on Upson's work as a factory assembler and sales demonstrator for the Caterpillar Tractor Company. For almost half a century, Botts was beloved by The Saturday Evening Post readers in more than 100 short stories. This book includes the original illustrations that appeared with the stories and is part of a series that will be the first to present the collection in its entirety.