Richard Dare's Venture (Esprios Classics)

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 1300 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.