Roy Blakeley

Roy Blakeley #1

by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Roy Blakeley

116 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876-1950) was an American author. His first known work, The Goldenrod Story Book was published in 1906. The bulk of his work, having a Boy Scouting theme, revolves around the fictional town of Bridgeboro, New Jersey. Characters included Tom Slade, Pee-wee Harris, Roy Blakely, and Westy Martin. Fitzhugh's Scouting based books were very popular with children and adults. His characters became so real to his readers that it was not uncommon for Percy to receive fan mail addressed to the characters themselves. In the 1930's, he began writing the Hal Keen Mystery Series (10 titles) under the pseudonym Hugh Lloyd. They were followed by another mystery series - Skippy Dare - (3 titles). Neither of these series achieved the popularity of his Scout work.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

First published in 1920 by Percy Keese Fitzhugh, this series was sanctioned by the Boy Scouts of America to give young boy readers an adventure they would surely like to imitate by joining the Boy Scouts of America which, at the time of copyright, was only ten years old.

[Rex Libris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first story featuring Blakely and his friends in the scout troop. They are all fun stories reminding me of my days in scouts.