The Rover Boys on Land and Sea; Or, the Crusoes of the Seven Islands Dodo Press Paperback 1406521485 9781406521481 Edward Stratemeyer

• Format: Paperback
• Author: Edward Stratemeyer
• ISBN10: 1406521485
• ISBN13: 9781406521481

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. Stratemeyers 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. Stratemeyers 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 .