Frank Sinatra 1.Frank Sinatra 2.Bobssey twins. 3.Tom Swift and his motor cycle 4.Nancey Regan 5.?
om Swift, Nancy Drew and pals all had the same dad by Bruce Watson
On the loveliest of spring mornings in 1910, a middle-aged juvenile awoke in his peaceful New Jersey home and his dreams began. Showering, he outlined the lively scenario for another title in the "Dorothy Dale, A Girl of Today" series. Dressing in tight starched collar, suspenders and tweeds, he sent Jack Ranger and his chums in search of danger. Shaving, he chuckled over the haps and mishaps of two adorable pairs of twins at the seashore. And if he seemed distracted at breakfast, blame it on the lion he was stalking with his electric rifle. "Tom's killed him with his electric rifle!" cried Mr. Damon. "Bless my dynamo! But that's a wonderful gun; it's as powerful as a thunderbolt, or as gentle as summer shower." On the train to Manhattan, his wire-rimmed glasses and Victorian demeanor might have labeled him deacon or a school-master. But in his own mind he was Baseball Joe pitching on a boarding-school nine. Walk- ing up 25th Street, the author became a young sleuth bound for action and plenty of it! A block from his office, a speeding car went out of control and bolted straight for him! In a flash, the wide-awake de-tective leapt out of harm's way! That was close! But look! A runaway truck was bearing down on a woman and her two helpless children! With-out missing a beat the brave hero jumped into the cab! He slammed on the brakes and guided the hulking vehicle to a halt! "What luck!" he remarked to himself. By the time he reached his office his imagination was in fifth gear. He summoned his secretary and for the rest of the day, if anyone called, he was out on adventures. Who was the mysterious author? He was: Arthur M. Winfield, Captain Ralph Bonehill, Alice B. Emerson, Roy Rockwood, Margaret Penrose, Captain Quincy Allen, Laura Lee Hope, Jack Lancer and a host of others. But at 5 o'clock when he caught the train back home, he was himself again, Edward Stratemeyer. Even to his readers, Edward Stratemeyer needs a lengthy intro-duction. Ask a librarian to name the most influential American author and the usual writers will he trotted out. But ask who, disguised as numerous mild-mannered scribes, dominated his genre as no other author before or since, and there are some bets to be won around the juvenile section of your local library. Edward Stratemeyer was not a mere author; he was a literary machine. Like the upwardly mobile characters of his early stories, he was an innocent in the promised land, a dime-novel writer who struck it rich. Between 1900 and 1930, he turned his uncanny sense of young readers tastes into an action and adventure factory that churned out more than 1,300 juvenile novels in 125 different series written under scores of distinct and slightly stilted pseudonyms. From this one imagination came the fearless deep-sea diver Dave Fearless, the dashing aviator Dave Dashaway, and "manly, up-to-date" young men like the Rover Boys, the Darewell Churns and Don Sturdy. For girls, Stratemeyer created the first action heroines, including Ruth Fielding, the Outdoor Girls, and the Moving Picture Girls. And for younger children, he created syrupy gumdrops like Honey Bunch, and Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue, cute enough to raise your blood sugar in a single page. Most of Stratemeyer's characters have passed with their times, but some have endured and adapted to become cliches in children's li-terature. Librarians may be surprised to know that there was no Victor Appleton, creator of Tom Swift. There was no Franklin W. Dixon, author of the Hardy Boys, no Laura Lee Hope of the Bobbsey Twins, not even a Carolyn Keene, creator of Nancy Drew. All these legendary creators and legendary characters were conceived by the adroit mind of Edward Stratemeyer.
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mystery or investiation sort of things.
Or
All these people have worked for armed forces before entering literature
Same Dad:
Frank Sinatra
1.Frank Sinatra
2.Bobssey twins.
3.Tom Swift and his motor cycle
4.Nancey Regan
5.?
om Swift, Nancy Drew and pals all had the same dad
by Bruce Watson
On the loveliest of spring mornings in 1910, a middle-aged juvenile awoke in his peaceful New Jersey home and his dreams began. Showering, he outlined the lively scenario for another title in the "Dorothy Dale, A Girl of Today" series. Dressing in tight starched collar, suspenders and tweeds, he sent Jack Ranger and his chums in search of danger. Shaving, he chuckled over the haps and mishaps of two adorable pairs of twins at the seashore. And if he seemed distracted at breakfast, blame it on the lion he was stalking with his electric rifle.
"Tom's killed him with his electric rifle!" cried Mr. Damon. "Bless my dynamo! But that's a wonderful gun; it's as powerful as
a thunderbolt, or as gentle as summer shower."
On the train to Manhattan, his wire-rimmed glasses and Victorian demeanor might have labeled him deacon or a school-master. But in his own mind he was Baseball Joe pitching on a boarding-school nine. Walk-
ing up 25th Street, the author became a young sleuth bound for action and plenty of it! A block from his office, a speeding car went out of control and bolted straight for him! In a flash, the wide-awake de-tective leapt out of harm's way! That was close! But look! A runaway truck was bearing down on a woman and her two helpless children! With-out missing a beat the brave hero jumped into the cab! He slammed on the brakes and guided the hulking vehicle to a halt!
"What luck!" he remarked to himself.
By the time he reached his office his imagination was in fifth gear. He summoned his secretary and for the rest of the day, if anyone called, he was out on adventures. Who was the mysterious author? He was: Arthur M. Winfield, Captain Ralph Bonehill, Alice B. Emerson, Roy Rockwood, Margaret Penrose, Captain Quincy Allen, Laura Lee Hope, Jack Lancer and a host of others. But at 5 o'clock when he caught the train back home, he was himself again, Edward Stratemeyer.
Even to his readers, Edward Stratemeyer needs a lengthy intro-duction. Ask a librarian to name the most influential American author and the usual writers will he trotted out. But ask who, disguised as numerous mild-mannered scribes, dominated his genre as no other author before or since, and there are some bets to be won around the juvenile section of your local library.
Edward Stratemeyer was not a mere author; he was a literary
machine. Like the upwardly mobile characters of his early stories, he was an innocent in the promised land, a dime-novel writer who struck it rich. Between 1900 and 1930, he turned his uncanny sense of young readers tastes into an action and adventure factory that churned out more than 1,300 juvenile novels in 125 different series written under scores of distinct and slightly stilted pseudonyms.
From this one imagination came the fearless deep-sea diver Dave Fearless, the dashing aviator Dave Dashaway, and "manly, up-to-date" young men like the Rover Boys, the Darewell Churns and Don Sturdy. For girls, Stratemeyer created the first action heroines, including Ruth Fielding, the Outdoor Girls, and the Moving Picture Girls. And for younger children, he created syrupy gumdrops like Honey Bunch, and Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue, cute enough to raise your blood sugar in a single page.
Most of Stratemeyer's characters have passed with their times, but some have endured and adapted to become cliches in children's li-terature. Librarians may be surprised to know that there was no Victor Appleton, creator of Tom Swift. There was no Franklin W. Dixon, author of the Hardy Boys, no Laura Lee Hope of the Bobbsey Twins, not even a Carolyn Keene, creator of Nancy Drew. All these legendary creators and legendary characters were conceived by the adroit mind of Edward Stratemeyer.
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