What is the name of the story and book title, both by Howard R. Garis,
author of the Uncle Wiggily books (c. 1940's), in which Uncle Wiggily
uses bubble gum to repair his bicycle tires?  Hint:  It is not in
either Uncle Wiggily's Story Book or Uncle Wiggily's Travels.  My goal
is to find the book, as it was my favorite book as a child.

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 25 Mar 2003 10:52 PST

Hi today,

One bookseller told me he looked through his Uncle Wiggily
bibliography and he could find no hint of a bicycle story. Is there a
possibility that you could be mistaken and the book you are looking
for isn't an Uncle Wiggily story?  Do you remember anything else at
all about the book/story that may help us in our search?

Thanks,
hummer

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 25 Mar 2003 11:49 PST

Hi again, today,

In one of the stories, Uncle Wiggily uses sticky gum from a pine tree
on some cracks in a canoe so it won't leak. Could your story be this
one?

hummer

Hello Today-ga,

At Ebay there are many vendors selling Uncle Wiggily books. I sent an
e-mail message to a large number of them asking if their book has a
story in which Uncle Wiggily uses bubble gum to repair his bicycle
tires.

All the vendors of the following Uncle Wiggily books responded that
there was nothing about Uncle Wiggily using bubble gum to repair
bicycle tires.

Uncle Wiggily and His Flying Rug – No
Uncle Wiggily Learns To Dance – 1939 - No
Uncle Wiggily Goes Swimming-Kids Book-1924 – No
Uncle Wiggily And The Paper Boat- No
Uncle Wiggily And His Friends-1955- No
Uncle Wiggily To the Rescue Hardcover Book – No
Uncle Wiggily, The Bunny Rabbit Gentleman - No
Uncle Wiggily And Granddaddy Longlegs - No
Uncle Wiggily At The Beach 1936 – No
Uncle Wiggily's Story Book Garis 1939 - No
Uncle Wiggily & the Alligator - No
Uncle Wiggily in the Country - No
Uncle Wiggily's Fortune Book – No
Uncle Wiggily and the Red Monkey - No
Uncle Wiggily Goes Camping - No

Best Regards,
-- Bobbie7-ga

Hi today,

A good number of booksellers have replied to my email enquiry and have
confirmed that the following books do not mention Uncle Wiggily
repairing his bicycle tires with bubble gum. However, I can't say for
sure that they looked through their copies page by page - it is
possible they just looked at the Table of Contents. The only book that
I am 100% certain that it's not the one you are looking for is "Uncle
Wiggily's Airship" because I checked our own copy page by page. I'll
let you know if I hear back from anyone else concerning other titles.

Perhaps another researcher will have better luck...
hummer

Uncle Wiggily And The Sleds
Uncle Wiggily and the Rocking Horse 
Dottie and Willie Flufftail Bedtime Stories
Uncle Wiggily and the Apple Dumpling
Uncle Wiggily Plays Indian Hunter
Uncle Wiggily and the Pirates; or, How the Enemy Craft
of Pirate Fox Was Sunk; -and- How the Bobcat Nearly
Spoiled a Nutting Party; -and- Uncle Wiggily and Nurse
Jane Gather Mayflowers
Uncle Wiggily and The Peppermint
Uncle Wiggily and The Apple Dumpling
Uncle Wiggily and The Canoe
Uncle Wiggily and The Barber
Uncle Wiggily and the Red Spots
Stories Around The Year & The Uncle Wiggily Book
Uncle Wiggily and His Funny Auto
Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg. Bedtime Stories.
Uncle Wiggily's Airship
Uncle Wiggily Helps Jimmie
The Uncle Wiggily Book

Hi again,

You can add the following titles to the "no" list:

Uncle Wiggily and the Cowbird
Uncle Wiggily and the Tailor Bird
Uncle Wiggily and the Burglar Fox
Uncle Wiggily and the Bird's Nest
Uncle Wiggily and the Big Rat
Uncle Wiggily on a Raft
Uncle Wiggily in a Boat
Uncle Wiggily at the Seashore
Uncle Wiggily and the Big Lobster
Uncle Wiggily and the Little Clam
The Little Golden Book of Uncle Wiggily
Uncle Wiggily and The Troublesome Boys
Uncle Wiggily and the Sugar Cookie
Uncle Wiggily's Silk Hat & How Uncle Wiggily Brought Home Company &
How Uncle Wiggily Tried to Make Salt Water Taffy
Uncle Wiggily And The Milkman
Uncle Wiggily and the Starfish

hummer