Roy Rockwood was a house

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used by

Edward Stratemeyer Edward L. Stratemeyer (; October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction, and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 ...

and 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 ...

for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the ''Bomba the Jungle Boy'' series.James D. Keeline, Stratemeyer Snyndicate web page
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Series

The following series used the Roy Rockwood pseudonym: *

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(1905–1908) * Dave Fearless (1905–1927) * Great Marvel (1906–1935) * Speedwell Boys (1913–1915) * Dave Dashaway (1913–1915) *

Bomba, the Jungle Boy ''Bomba the Jungle Boy'' is a series of American boys' adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood. and published by Cupples and Leon in the first half of the 20th century, in imitation of the successful ...

(1926–1938) The Dave Dashaway series was written by Weldon J. Cobb. In 1926

Leslie McFarlane Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful ''Hardy Boys'' series, using the ...

was hired to write a Dave Fearless novel.

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 ...

contributed to the Great Marvel series.Syracuse University - Howard R. Garis papers
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used the pseudonym for the serialized story ''Joe Johnson, the Bicycle Wonder'' (1895), published in ''Young Sports of America''. He also used Roy Rockwood for ''Lost in the Land of Ice'' (1900-1901 – later published as a book under the Capt. Ralph Bonehill pen name) and ''The Rival Ocean Divers'' (1901), both serialized in '' Golden Hours''. ''The Rival Ocean Divers'' became the first book in the ''Deep Sea'' series, and was later used in the ''Dave Fearless'' series.

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