About the author

Wyn Roosevelt (born 1870) was an American author of adventure novels for young readers, about whose life little public information is available. He created the Frontier Boys series, of which five titles are held in this collection, including The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon, Frontier Boys in the South Seas, The Frontier Boys in the Sierras, Frontier Boys in Frisco, and Frontier Boys on the Coast. The series follows the three Darlington brothers on adventures across the American West and at sea, with plots involving treasure hunting, lost mines, and pirate threats, and is categorized as inspirational coming-of-age fiction. Published in the early twentieth century, largely by firms such as A. L. Chatterton, these continuous adventure narratives centered on youthful growth made the series a representative example of American Western juvenile literature of its time.

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Project Gutenberg