ID these children's books

When I was a kid, a hundred years ago, I read a series of novels, a la Tom Swift, Nancy, Drew, etc., that featured three brothers (possibly triplets) named Abercrombie, Benjamin, and Christopher.

I don’t remember much about any of the stories now, and I can’t remember the name of the series, either. A Yahoo search didn’t turn up anything relevant.

Does this ring any bells for anyone?

Yep. I don’t know the name of the series, but this book was one of them:

Three Boys and a Lighthouse

May give you something to go on.

Ah. Apparently, it’s called The Three Boys series, and they are triplets.

The Three Boys series, by Nan Hayden Agle (1905-)

Three boys and a lighthouse (1951)
“Triplets Abercrombie, Benjamin, and Christopher spend a summer helping their father at his lighthouse.”
Three boys and the remarkable cow (1952)
“When the County Fair is to be held near their home, the triplets work so that they may have a calf to show.”
Three boys and a tugboat (1953)
Three boys and a mine (1954)
Three boys and a train (1956)
Three boys and a helicopter (1958)
Three boys and space (1962)
Three boys and H2O (1968)
“The triplets, Gran, and an oceanography student set out in an old florist’s truck to visit the seaside and see the ocean, and learn about water, the ocean, and oceanography.”

Ooh, I’m pretty sure I remember those books! Did the Three Boys have a friend called Thinker?

Used copies from $117.80?!? Damn.

Thanks! I knew you guys would figure this out for me.

commasense writes:

> A Yahoo search didn’t turn up anything relevant.

Really? I just did both a Google search and a Yahoo search. Three Boys and a Lighthouse was the second item from the top in both cases.

Hmmm… It does for me, too. Now. But I swear it didn’t when I searched the other day.