Roy Rockwood was a house
pseudonym
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used by
Edward Stratemeyer
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 is one of the most prolific writers in the world, having penned over 1,300 book ...
and the
Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was an American publishing company that produced a number of mystery book series for children, including Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others. It pu ...
for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the ''Bomba the Jungle Boy'' series.
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Series
The following series used the Roy Rockwood pseudonym:
*Deep Sea
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(1905–1908; the three books in the series were republished as the first three Dave Fearless books)
* Dave Fearless (1905–1927)
* Great Marvel (1906–1935)
* Speedwell Boys (1913–1915)
* Dave Dashaway (1913–1915)
*Bomba, the Jungle Boy
''Bomba, the Jungle Boy'' is a series of American boys' adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood. and published by Cupples and Leon in the first half of the 20th century, in imitation of the successfu ...
(1926–1938)
Edward Stratemeyer
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 is one of the most prolific writers in the world, having penned over 1,300 book ...
used the pseudonym for the serialized story ''Joe Johnson, the Bicycle Wonder'' (1895), published in ''Young Sports of America''. He also used Roy Rockwood for ''Lost in the Land of Ice'' (1900-1901 – later published as a book under the Capt. Ralph Bonehill pen name) and ''The Rival Ocean Divers'' (1901), both serialized in '' Golden Hours''. ''The Rival Ocean Divers'' became the first book in the ''Deep Sea'' series, and was later used in the ''Dave Fearless'' series.
Known authors
The Dave Dashaway series was written by Weldon J. Cobb. Howard R. Garis contributed to the Great Marvel series. In 1926 Leslie McFarlane
Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful '' Hardy Boys'' series, using th ...
was hired to write a Dave Fearless novel. John Duffield wrote many of the Bomba, the Jungle Boy
''Bomba, the Jungle Boy'' is a series of American boys' adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood. and published by Cupples and Leon in the first half of the 20th century, in imitation of the successfu ...
novels.Lupoff, Richard, ''Master of Adventure'', page 184, Bison Books, 2005
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See also
*Victor Appleton
Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.
The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton and Victor App ...
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