Edward stratemeyer

With his humble beginnings, of course, no one ever would have suspected that a talented writer and publisher was in their midst.

Edward stratemeyer fictional character

Edward L. Stratemeyer was born the youngest of six children in Elizabeth, New Jersey to a young tobacconist and his wife. As a child, Stratemeyer read Horatio Alger often, enjoying his rags-to-riches tales immensely. After experiencing this hint of fame and riches, the young writer moved to the larger city of Newark NJ and opened a paper shop.

He continued to write while earning his daily bread, and penned stories in many different genres — short westerns, serials for New England periodicals, dime novels, detective fiction… You name it, he wrote it well, perhaps except for romances. But I digress. Stratemeyer became a popular editor and author at the magazine. Though his first four novels sold reasonably well, the publisher of the stories, Merriam, was unable to publish any further stories due to an economic depression that struck the United States in the late s.

Allison picked up his books and published twelve of his titles, and in an amazing thing happened to young Stratemeyer… he was asked to finish writing for two of his childhood heroes! The Rover Boys on the River. Later printing, ca Offered by Tavistock Books. Adams had passed away before being able to complete the series, and the fans were left waiting with baited breath.

The first popular series that Stratemeyer wrote under the name Arthur M.