Life and career
Kaler was born on March 19, 1848, inList of his works
Boy Spies series
(these were reprints of earlier titles as shown) # ''With Lafayette at Yorktown: A Story of How Two Boys Joined the Continental Army'' (1895, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies with Lafayette: The Story of How Two Boys Joined the Continental Army'') # ''With Washington at Monmouth: A Story of Three Philadelphia Boys'' (1897, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies of Philadelphia: The Story of How the Young Spies Helped the Continental Army at Valley Forge'') # ''With Warren At Bunker Hill: A Story of the Siege of Boston'' (1898, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies at the Battle of Bunker Hill: A Story of the Siege of Boston'') # ''Morgan, the Jersey Spy: A Story of the Siege of Yorktown in 1781'' (1898, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies at Yorktown: The Story of How the Young Spies Helped General Lafayette'') # ''With the Swamp Fox: A Story of General Marion’s Young Spies'' (1899, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies with the Swamp Fox: The Story of General Marion and His Young Spies'') # ''A Tory Plot: A Story of the Attempt to Kill General Washington in 1776'' (1899, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies of Old New York: The Story of How the Young Spies Prevented the Capture of General Washington'') # ''The Defense of Fort Henry: A Story of Wheeling Creek in 1777'' (1900, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies at the Defense of Fort Henry: A Boy’s Story of Wheeling Creek in 1777'') # ''With the Regulators: A Story of North Carolina in 1768'' (1901, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies with the Regulators: The Story of How the Boys Assisted the Carolina Patriots to Drive the British From That State'') # ''At the Siege of Detroit: A Story of Two Ohio Boys in the War of 1812'' (1904, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies at the Siege of Detroit: A Story of the Ohio Boys in the War of 1812'') # ''Commodore Barney's Young Spies: A Boy’s Story of the Burning of the City of Washington'' (1907, repr 1912 as ''The Boy Spies on Chesapeake Bay: The Story of Two Young Spies Under Commodore Barney'')Navy Boys series
(these were reprints of earlier titles as shown) # ''The Capture of the Laughing Mary: A Story of Three New York Boys in 1776'' (1898, repr1912 as ''The Navy Boys in New York Bay'') # ''Amos Dunkle, Oarsman'' (1899, repr 1909 as ''A Struggle for Freedom: The Story of Young Amos Dunkle, Oarsman in the Whale Boat Navy, in 1776'', and again in 1912 as ''The Navy Boys on Long Island Sound: A Story of the Whale Boat Navy of 1776'') # ''At the Siege of Havana: The Experience of Three Boys Serving Under Israel Putnam in 1762'' (1899, repr 1912 as ''The Navy Boys at the Siege of Havana'') # ''A Cruise with John Paul Jones: A Story of Naval Warfare in 1778'' (1899, repr 1912 as ''The Navy Boys Cruise with John Paul Jones'') # ''Afloat in Freedom's Cause: The Story of Two Boys in the War of 1812, as Told by Ezra Brownrigg'' (1908, repr 1912 as ''The Navy Boys on Lake Ontario'') # ''The Cruise of the Pickering: A Boy’s Story of Privateering in 1780'' (1909, repr 1912 as ''The Navy Boys Cruise on the Pickering'') # ''With Grant at Vicksburg: A Boy’s Story of the Siege of Vicksburg'' (1910, repr 1912 as ''The Navy Boys with Grant at Vicksburg'')Minute Boys series
# ''The Minute Boys of the Green Mountains'' (1904) # ''The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley'' (1905) # ''The Minute Boys of the Wyoming Valley'' (1906) # ''The Minute Boys of South Carolina: A Story of How we Boys Aided Marion, the Swamp Fox'' (1907) # ''The Minute Boys of Long Island: A Story of New York in 1776'' (1908) # ''The Minute Boys of New York City'' (1909) # ''The Minute Boys of Boston'' (1910) # ''The Minute Boys of Philadelphia'' (1911) # ''The Minute Boys of Yorktown'' (1912)American Book Company series
# ''Calvert of Maryland: A Story of Lord Baltimore's Colony'' (1910) # ''Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement'' (1910) # ''Peter of New Amsterdam: A Story of Old New York'' (1910) # ''Richard of Jamestown: A Story of the Virginia Colony'' (1910) # ''Ruth of Boston: A Story of the Massachusetts Bay Colony'' (1910) # ''Stephen of Philadelphia: A Story of the Penn's Colony'' (1910) # ''Hannah of Kentucky: A Story of the Wilderness Road'' (1912) # ''Benjamin of Ohio: A Story of the Settlement of Marietta'' (1912) # ''Seth of Colorado: A Story of the Settlement of Denver'' (1912) # ''Antoine of Oregon: A Story of the Oregon Trail'' (1912) # ''Martha of California: A Story of the California Trail'' (1913) # ''Philip of Texas: A Story of Sheep Raising in Texas'' (1913)Other historical novels
# ''Ezra Jordan's Escape from the Massacre at Fort Loyall'' (1895) # ''Neal the Miller, a Son of Liberty'' (1895) # ''An Island Refuge: Casco Bay in 1676'' (1895) # ''The Boys of 1745 at the Capture of Louisbourg'' (1895) # ''Under the Liberty Tree: A Story of the Boston Massacre'' (1896) # ''At the Siege of Quebec'' (1897) # ''The Boys of Fort Schuyler'' (1897) # ''The Signal Boys of ‘75: A Tale of Boston During the Siege'' (1897) # ''Sarah Dillard's Ride: A Story of the Carolinas in 1780'' (1898) # ''The Boys of '98'' (1898) # ''The Charming Sally, Privateer Schooner of New York: A Tale of 1765'' (1898) # ''The Cruise of the Comet: A Story of a Privateer of 1812 Sailing From Baltimore'' (1898) # ''When Israel Putnam Served the King'' (1898) # ''A Traitor's Escape: A Story of the Attempt to Seize Benedict Arnold After He Had Fled to New York'' (1898) # ''Captain Tom, the Privateersman of the Armed Brig Chasseur'' (1899) # ''Corporal ‘Lige's Recruit: A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga'' (1899) # ''With Perry On Lake Erie: A Tale of 1812'' (1899) # ''When Dewey Went to Manila, or, Among the Filipinos'' (1899) # ''Off Santiago With Sampson'' (1899) # ''Boston Boys of 1775, or When We Besieged Boston'' (1900) # ''The Armed Ship America, or When We Sailed from Salem'' (1900) # ''On the Kentucky Frontier: A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West'' (1900) # ''With Preble at Tripoli: A Story of "Old Ironsides" and the Tripolitan War'' (1900) # ''When We Destroyed the Gaspee: A Story of Narragansett Bay in 1772'' (1901) # ''With Porter in the Essex: A Story of His Famous Cruise in Southern Waters During the War of 1812'' (1901) # ''Our Uncle the Major: A Story of New York in 1765'' (1901) # ''How the Twins Captured a Hessian: A Story of Long Island in 1776'' (1902) # ''The Cruise of the Enterprise: Being a Story of the Struggle and Defeat of the French Privateering Expeditions Against the United States in 1779'' (1902) # ''With Rodgers on the President: The Story of the Cruise Wherein the Flagship Fired the First Hostile Shot in the War with Great Britain for the Rights of American Seamen'' (1903) # ''Across the Delaware: A Boy's Story of the Battle of Trenton in 1777'' (1903) # ''Defending the Island: A Story of Bar Harbor in 1758'' (1904) # ''Dorothy’s Spy: A Story of the First Fourth of July Celebration'' (1904) # ''When Washington Served the King: A Boy’s Story of Border Warfare in 1754'' (1905) # ''With Porter in the Essex'' (1910) # ''With Sherman to the Sea: A Boy’s Story of General Sherman’s Famous March and Capture of Savannah'' (1911) (Some of the above were reprinted in omnibus editions, as shown: # ''True Indian Tales from American History in the Stirring Days of the Early Colonists'' (1923; includes ''Defending the Island'', ''Ezra Jordan’s Escape'', ''An Island Refuge'', and ''When Israel Putnam Served the King'') # ''True Adventure Tales from American History in the Stirring Days of the Revolution'' (1924; includes ''The Boston Boys of 1775'', ''Neal, the Miller'', ''The Signal Boys of ’75'', and ''Under the Liberty Tree'') # ''True Sea Tales from American History'' (1925; includes ''When we Destroyed the Gaspee'', ''When Dewey Came to Manila'', ''Off Santiago with Sampson'', and ''The Boys of 1745 at the Capture of Louisburg''))Silver Fox Farm series
# ''The Wireless Station at Silver Fox Farm'' (1910) # ''The Aeroplane at Silver Fox Farm'' (1911) # ''Building an Airship at Silver Fox Farm'' (1912) # ''Airship Cruising From Silver Fox Farm'' (1913)Toby Tyler trilogy
# ''Tommy duo
# ''How Tommy Saved the Barn'' (1895) # ''Christmas at Deacon Hackett's: A Sequel to How Tommy Saved the Barn'' (1899)School stories
# ''Bob Porter at Lakeview Academy'' (as by Walter Morris, 1902) # ''Reuben Green's Adventures at Yale'' (1902) # ''Tom Dexter Goes to School'' (1915)Stories of New York life
# ''In Bottle Alley: A Story of Real Life in New York City'' (1884) # ''Left Behind, or Ten Days a Newsboy'' (1885) # ''Josiah in New York, or, A Coupon from the Fresh Air Fund'' (1893) # ''Jenny Wren's Boarding House: A Story of Newsboy Life in New York'' (1893) # ''The Boys' Revolt: A Story of the Street Arabs of New York'' (1894) # ''Jerry's Family: A Story of a Street Waif of New York'' (1895) # ''Teddy and Carrots, Two Merchants of Newspaper Row'' (1896)Other works of fiction
# ''After Dark in Boston: A Working Girl's Faith and Fate'' (1880) # ''Tim and Tip, or, The Adventures of a Boy and a Dog'' (1883) # ''The Clown's Protege'' (1883) # ''Raising the Pearl'' (1883) #'' An Emperor's Son'' (1884) # ''The Roaring Lions, or The Famous Club of Ashbury'' (1884, repr 1913) # ''A Monkey Kingdom; or, Ninety Days in Apeland'' (anon., 1884) # ''Silent Pete, or The Stowaways'' (1886) # ''The Castaways, or On the Florida Reefs'' (1888) # ''Little Joe'' (1888) # ''A Runaway Brig, or An Accidental Cruise'' (1888) # ''The Treasure-Finders: A Boy’s Adventures in Nicaragua'' (1889) # ''The Braganza Diamond'' (1891) # ''Jack the Hunchback'' (1892) # ''An Unprovoked Mutiny'' (1892) # ''The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatán'' (1893) # ''The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair'' (1893, repr 1900 as ''Teddy: The...'') # ''Dick in the Desert'' (1893) # ''Chasing a Yacht, or The Theft of the Gem'' (1894) # ''Jinny and His Partners'' (1894) # ''Andy's Ward, or The International Museum'' (1895) # ''Wood Island Light; or, Ned Sanford’s Refuge'' (1905) # ''The Boy Captain, or From Forecastle to Cabin'' (1896) # ''Wrecked on Spider Island, or, How Ned Rogers Found the Treasure'' (1896) # ''On Schedule Time'' (1896) # ''Admiral J. of Spurwink'' (1896) # ''A Short Cruise'' (1896) # ''The Wreck of the Circus'' (1897) # ''Joel Harford'' (1898) # ''An Amateur Fireman'' (1898) # ''Dick in the Desert'' (1898) # ''A District Message Boy and a Necktie Party'' (1898) # ''The Princess and Joe Potter'' (1898) # ''Telegraph Tom's Venture'' (1899) # ''Chased Through Norway, or Two Million Dollars Missing'' (1899) # ''Wheeling for Fortune'' (1899) # ''The Life Savers: A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service'' (1899) # ''Down the Slope'' (1899) # ''Messenger #48'' (1899) # ''Aunt Hannah and Seth: A Story of Some People and a Dog'' (1900) # ''Larry Hudson's Ambition'' (1901) # ''Inland Waterways, or The Cruise of the Restless'' (1901) # ''The Lobster Catchers'' (1901) # ''The Treasure of Cocos Island'' (1902) # ''Wan Lun and Dandy. The Story of a Chinese Boy and a Dog'' (1902, repr as ''Stockton Boys’ Adventures; or, Wan Lun and Dandy'') # ''With the Treasure-Hunters: A Story of the Florida Cays'' (1903) # ''Joey at the Fair'' (1906) # ''The Light Keepers: A Story of the United States Light-House Service'' (1906) # ''Among the Fur Traders'' (1906) # ''Aboard the Hylow on Sable Island Bank'' (1907) # ''The Wreck of the Ocean Queen: A Story of the Sea'' (1907) # ''The Cruise of the Phoebe: A Story of Lobster Buying on the Eastern Coast'' (1908) # ''Two Stowaways Aboard the Ellen Maria'' (1908) # ''The Sarah Jane, Dickey Dalton, Captain: a Story of Tugboating in Portland Harbor'' (1909) # ''Found by the Circus'' (1909) # ''The Cruise of the Sally D.'' (1910) # ''Adventures in Mexico'' (1911) # ''Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods'' (1911) # ''The Camp on Indian Island'' (1911) # ''Hunting in Africa'' (1911) # ''"Wanted," and Other Stories'' (1912) # ''Trapping in the Tropics; or, Adventures on the Great Amazon'' (1912) # ''The Wreck of the Princess'' (1912) # ''The Cruise of the Sprite'' (1912) # ''Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation'' (1912) # ''Roy Barton's Adventures on the Mexican Border'' (1912) # ''Boy Scouts in a Lumber Camp'' (1913) # ''"Across the Range," and Other Stories'' (1914) # ''The Club at Crow's Corner'' (1915)Nonfiction
# ''The Story of American Heroism'' (anon., 1899) # ''The Life of John Paul Jones'' (1900) # ''Fighting for the Empire: The Story of the War in South Africa'' (1900) # ''The Story of Old Falmouth'' (1901) # ''The Story of Pemaquid'' (1902) # ''Geography of Maine'' (1910)As by Lt. James K. Orton
# ''The Secret Chart; or, Treasure Hunting in Hayti'' (1902) # ''Last Chance Mine; or, Dale Wrightman’s Pluck'' (1902) # ''Beach-Boy Joe, or Among the Life-Savers'' (1903) # ''Tom Havens with the White Squadron'' (1903)As by Amy Prentice
# ''Billy Goat's Story'' (1906) # ''The Brown Owl's Story'' (1906) # ''Bunny Rabbit's Story'' (1906) # ''Croaky Frog's Story'' (1906) # ''Frisky Squirrel's Story'' (1906) # ''Gray Goose's Story'' (1906) # ''Mouser Cat's Story'' (1906) # ''Plodding Turtle's Story'' (1906) # ''Quacky Duck's Story'' (1906) # ''Towser Dog's Story'' (1906)As by Harry Prentice
# ''Ben Burton, the Slate-Picker'' (1888, repr 1892 as ''The Slate-Picker: A Story of a Boy’s Life in the Coal Mines'') # ''The King of Apeland: The Wonderful Adventures of a Young Animal-Trainer'' (1888) # ''Captured by Zulus: A Story of Trapping in Africa'' (1890) # ''Captured by Apes; or, How Philip Garland Became King of Apeland'' (1892) # ''The Boy Explorers, or The Adventures of Two Boys in Alaska'' (1895)References
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