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the rover boys on snowshoe island or the old lumbermans treasure box

by arthur m winfield

Teens

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Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He was an American publisher and writer of books for children. He wrote 150 books himself, and created the most famous of the series books for juveniles, including the Rover Boys (1899 and after), Bobbsey Twins (1904), Tom Swift (1910), Hardy Boys (1927), and Nancy Drew (1930) series, among others. Stratemeyer pioneered the technique of producing long-running, consistent series of books using a team of freelance authors to write standardised novels, which were published under a pen name owned by his company. Through his Stratemeyer Syndicate, founded in 1906, Stratemeyer produced short plot summaries for the novels in each series, which he sent to other writers who completed the story. Stratemeyer's series were also innovative in that they were intended purely as entertainment, with little of the moral lessons or educational intent found in most other popular fiction of the early twentieth century. Stratemeyer's series included, besides the famous ones, many that are now forgotten except by collectors: The Motor Boys (1906), Honey Bunch (1923), The Blythe Girls (1925) and Bomba the Jungle Boy (1926).

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...said Ruth to Jack. "I'm sure I'd like very much to meet her. " "Yes, and why not have your sister Mary come too ?" added May to Fred. "Say, that's a great idea!" burst out Jack. "Let's put it up to the folks at home without delay, " added his cousin. "But they might not like to leave the private school they are now attending, " he continued, his face falling. "That's true, for they are getting along very OUT OF PERIL 29 nicely, " said Jack "Just the same, we can put it up to the folks at home and let them know all about what a nice place Clearwater Hall is and what awfully nice girls there are here. " And at this latter remark Ruth and May blushed. "I sent a letter to Mary a year or two ago, " said May; "but at that time I wasn't here. I think I'll send her another letter. " "Do, by all means, " returned Fred quickly. "And let her know all about how nice a place it is. That may help. " "It would be a fine thing if they were at this school it would give us more chances to call here, "...