pseudonym
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used by the
Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was a publishing company that produced a number of mystery book series for children, including Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others. They published and ...
.University of Missouri-Kansas City’s The Webster Series /ref> A total of 25 novels in The Webster Series For Boys were publishedJohn Axe, ''All About Collecting Boy’s Series Books'', page 15, Hobby House Press, 2002 by
Cupples & Leon
Cupples & Leon was an American publishing company founded in 1902 by Victor I. Cupples (1864–1941) and Arthur T. Leon (1867–1943). They published juvenile fiction and children's books but are mainly remembered today as the major publi ...
James D. Keeline, Frank V. Webster article /ref> between 1909 and 1915. Titles were reprinted in 1938 by
Saalfield Publishing
The Saalfield Publishing Company published children's books and other products from 1900 to 1977. It was once one of the largest publishers of children's materials in the world.
The company was founded in 1900 in Akron, Ohio, by Arthur J. Saalfi ...
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Frank V. Webster name
Effort was made to present Webster as if he was a real person. A 1911 advertisement stated: "We have made a distinct find in Mr. Frank V. Webster, who is under contract to write exclusively for us." Part of a 1921 newspaper advertisement read: "Mr. Webster’s style is much like that of the late lamented Horatio Alger, Jr., but his tales are all up-to-date. These are clean, clever boys’ stories."Snellenburgs advertisement ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', December 11, 1921, page 48 /ref>
Actual authors
Many of the novels were written by
Howard R. Garis
Howard Roger Garis ( – ) was an American author, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Many of his books were illustrated by Lansing Campbell. Garis and his wife, Li ...
. Other authors were George Rathbone, J. W. Lincoln and Weldon J. Cobb.
Bibliography
*1. Only a Farm Boy (1909)
*2. Tom the Telephone Boy (1909)
*3. The Boy from the Ranch (1909)
*4. The Young Treasure Hunter (1909)
*5. Bob the Castaway (1909)
*6. The Young Firemen of Lakeville (1909)
*7. The Newsboy Partners (1909)
*8. The Boy Pilot of the Lakes (1909)
*9. Two Boy Gold Miners (1909)
*10. Jack the Runaway (1909)
*11. Comrades of the Saddle (1910)
*12. The Boys of Bellwood School (1910)
*13. Bob Chester’s Grit (1911)
*14. Airship Andy (1911)
*15. The High School Rivals (1911)
*16. Darry the Life Saver (1911)
*17. Dick the Bank Boy (1911)
*18. Ben Hardy’s Flying Machine (1911)
*19. The Boys of the Wireless (1912)
*20. Harry Watson’s High School Days (1912)
*21. The Boy Scouts of Lennox (1915)
*22. Tom Taylor at West Point (1915)
*23. Cowboy Dave (1915)
*24. Two Boys of the Battleship (1915)
*25. Jack of the Pony Express (1915)