Over this past weekend I decided to start compiling a list of series that are in the public domain. I started off with an author that I have read some of his books. That author is Edward Stratemeyer. He wrote several book for children an many of them are in series. More important is that he formed the Stratemeyer Syndicate which consisted authors writing under pen names that he created. These each of the stories were started by guidelines or outlines that he created.
The best known series that were created by authors in the Stratemeyer Syndicate are The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. There are not any books in those series have any books in that are in the public domain, but most of the first Tom Swift series, The Rover Boys and The Bobbsey Twins each have several, if not all the books in the series that are in the public domain.
Project Stratemeyer is my reading project that will probably take at least y year to complete. I will be reading all of books that were written by authors that worked for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. I will be reading other books as will as these, some are in the public domain, others newer books, mainly mysteries and thrillers. after each book I read for this project, I will write a review after I finish each book and post them in this blog. Also, after I finish a series I will write a series review which I will post here also.
Yesterday I started reading the first book in The Rover Boys which was written by Edward Stratemeyer under the pen name Arthur M. Winfield. Some of these books are/will be rereads for me such as this one. I will post a review of it either later today or tomorrow after I finish reading it.
Project Stratemeyer:
Current book: The Rover Boys at School; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall
Author: Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
Year first published: 1899
Series: The Rover Boys, First Series
Number in series: 1
Other books in the public domain that I'm reading:
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawtthorne
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
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