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Brooks Henderley

Best known as a house pseudonym linked to the Stratemeyer Syndicate, this name appears on early 20th-century boys' adventure stories built around teamwork, sports, and camp-life mystery.

2 Audiobooks

The Y. M. C. A. boys on Bass Island : $b or, The mystery of Russabaga camp

The Y. M. C. A. boys on Bass Island : $b or, The mystery of Russabaga camp

by Brooks Henderley

The Y. M. C. A. boys of Cliffwood; $b or, The struggle for the Holwell Prize

The Y. M. C. A. boys of Cliffwood; $b or, The struggle for the Holwell Prize

by Brooks Henderley

About the author

Brooks Henderley is identified by Wikisource as a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the prolific series-fiction publisher behind many popular children's books of the early 1900s. That means the name points to a publishing identity rather than a clearly documented individual author.

Works published under the name include entries in the Y.M.C.A. Boys series, with books issued between 1916 and 1917. Project Gutenberg currently lists The Y. M. C. A. Boys of Cliffwood and The Y. M. C. A. Boys on Bass Island, both lively examples of the era's wholesome adventure fiction for young readers.

Because reliable biographical details about the real writer behind the pseudonym are hard to confirm, the most useful way to understand Brooks Henderley is through the books themselves: energetic stories of friendship, competition, outdoor action, and youthful problem-solving.