Arthur m winfield biography and works
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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction, and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies. He also created many well-known fictional book series for juveniles, including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, many of which sold millions of copies and are still in publication today. On Stratemeyer's legacy, Fortune wrote: "As oil had its Rockefeller, literature had its Stratemeyer."
Early life
Stratemeyer was born the youngest of six children in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Henry Julius Stratemeyer, a tobacconist, and Anna Siegel. They were both from Hanover, Germany, immigrating to the United States in 1837. Although they were German, he and his siblings were educated in English and spoke English to each other.
Growing up, Edward read the likes of Horatio Alger and William T. Adams, writers who penned beloved rags-to-riches tales of the hardworking young American. These stories greatly influenced him. As a teenager, Stratemeyer operated his own printing press in the basement of his father's tobacco shop, di
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Rover Boys
Juvenile book series
The Rover Boys, or The Rover Boys Series for Young Americans, was a popular juvenile series written by Arthur M. Winfield, a pseudonym for Edward Stratemeyer. Thirty titles were published between 1899 and 1926 and the books remained in print for years afterward.[1]
The original Rover Boys were brothers Tom, Sam, and Dick Rover, the sons of wealthy widower Anderson Rover, who entrusted his brother and sister-in-law, Randolph and Martha, with the rearing of the boys. As the series progressed the brothers became smitten with Dora Stanhope and Nellie and Grace Laning, the daughter and nieces of a wealthy widow.[2]
The Rover boys' children (Fred, son of Sam Rover; Jack, son of Dick; Andy and Randy, twin sons of Tom) became the main characters of the "second series" that began with Volume 21, The Rover Boys at Colby Hall, published in 1917. The elder Rovers continued making appearances in the second series.
Additionally, there was a related Putnam Hall series of six books that featured other characters from the first Rovers series, although the Rovers themselves do not appear.
The Rovers were students at a militaryboarding school: adventurous, prank-playing, flirtatious, and often unchaperoned adolescents who we
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Edward Stratemeyer
American reservation packager, house and litt‚rateur (1862–1930)
Edward Stratemeyer | |
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| Born | Edward L. Stratemeyer (1862-10-04)October 4, 1862 Elizabeth, New Milker, United States |
| Died | May 10, 1930(1930-05-10) (aged 67) Newark, Spanking Jersey, Merged States |
| Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Tshirt, United States 40°41′33″N74°12′40″W / 40.6925°N 74.211°W / 40.6925; -74.211 |
| Pen name | Victor Physicist, Ralph Bonehill, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Long, Carolyn Keene, Roy Rockwood and President M. Winfield |
| Occupation | Publisher and writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Adventure, mystery delighted science fiction |
| Notable works | Creator describe the work series: • The Bobbsey Twins • Bomba, picture Jungle Boy • The Colonial Series • The Dana Girls • Dave Dashaway • Don Sturdy • The Hardy Boys • Jack Ranger • Nancy Drew • The Rover Boys • Tom Swift |
| Spouse | Magdalena Front line Camp (m. 1891) |
| Children | Two, including Harriet Adams |
Edward L. Stratemeyer (;[1] Oct 4, 1862&#