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Edward Stratemeyer

Born

in Elizabeth, New Jersey., The United States

October 04, 1862

Died

May 10, 1930

Genre

Children's Books, Young Adult, Crime

Influences

Horatio Alger, William T. Adams

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Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies. He also created many well-known fictional book series for juveniles, including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, many of which sold millions of copies and are still in publication today.
In the early 1880s he began writing shorts after the style of Horatio Alger under several pseudonyms, mainly using the pen names "Arthur M. Winfield" "Allen Chapman", and "Capt. Ralph Bonehill."
Stratemeyer formed the Stratemeyer Literary Syndicate in 1905 and hired journalists to w ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,144 ratings · 75 reviews · 433 distinct works

	The Minute Boys of Lexington 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1898 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1910 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minute Boys of Bunker Hill (Lost Classics Book Company) by Edward Stratemeyer, J.W. Kennedy (Illustrations) 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1899 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission by Edward Stratemeyer, Richard G. Boehm (Illustrator) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1912 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dave Porter in the Gold Fields or, The Search for the Landslide Mine by Edward Stratemeyer, Walter S. Rogers (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1914 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Trail of Pontiac 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dave Porter and His Rivals; Or, the Chums and Foes of Oak Hall 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1911 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dave Porter And The Runaways Or, Last Days At Oak Hall by Edward Stratemeyer, H. Richard Boehm (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dave Porter in the South Seas: Or the Strange Cruise of the Stormy Petrel by Edward Stratemeyer, I. Hazelton (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1906 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Edward Stratemeyer

Dave Porter (15 books)
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4.40 avg rating — 143 ratings

The Minute Boys (11 books)
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J.W. Kennedy (Illustrations)

4.31 avg rating — 59 ratings

Bound to Succeed (3 books)
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A.B. Shute (Illustrator)

4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings

Ship and Shore (3 books)
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4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings

Working Upward (4 books)
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4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings

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