Name/Title
Boy cruisers, or Paddling in FloridaEntry/Object ID
2015.1.1776Tags
Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023Description
264 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Boy cruisers, or Paddling in Florida by St. George Rathborne.
A project of the Northern Illinois University Libraries DeKalb, Illinois 60115 - "St George Henry Rathborne (26 December 1854 - 16 December 1938), who also wrote as Harrison Adams and many other names, was an American author of St. George Henry Rathborne †one of the most prolific of the dime novelists, was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 26, 1854, the son of Captain Gorges Lowther Rathborne and his wife Margaret H. Robertson. He was educated in the high school of Cincinnati and among his schoolmates was President William H. Taft. His first story, "Sure Shot, the Hunter Chief," was sold to the New York Weekly about 1868, and after that he produced innumerable novels, mostly books for boys. Among them were 60 novels of adventure known as the "Doctor Jack" books, over 250 cloth bound juveniles, some 25 aviation books, and many serials and short stories in the weekly story papers as well as numerous dime novels."Collection
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Canoes and canoeing -- Florida -- Juvenile literature., Florida -- Description and travel -- Juvenile fiction.Publication Details
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Rathborne, St. George 1854-1938Publisher
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New YorkCall No.
Rare Book PS .R62 B6 1893