author
Capwell Wyckoff
1903–1953
A Presbyterian minister who also wrote brisk, old-fashioned adventure stories for young readers, he is best remembered for the Mercer Boys and Mystery Hunter books. His stories mix small-town warmth, danger, and clean-cut suspense in a way that still feels inviting.
7 Audiobooks
The Mercer Boys' Mystery Case
by Capwell Wyckoff
The Mystery Hunters at the Haunted Lodge
by Capwell Wyckoff
The Mercer Boys on a Treasure Hunt
by Capwell Wyckoff
The Mercer Boys at Woodcrest
by Capwell Wyckoff
The Mercer Boys in the Ghost Patrol
by Capwell Wyckoff
The Mercer Boys' Cruise in the Lassie
by Capwell Wyckoff
In the camp of the Black Rider
by Capwell Wyckoff
About the author
Born in New Jersey in 1903, Capwell Wyckoff was an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States who built a second career as a writer. He is chiefly known for juvenile fiction, especially the Mercer Boys series and the Mystery Hunter books.
Accounts of his early life agree that family hardship interrupted his schooling, but he went on to become a productive author anyway. In addition to novels, he wrote magazine fiction for younger readers, and his books often combine mystery, adventure, and a strong sense of character.
Wyckoff died in Columbia, Kentucky, in 1953. Though he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, readers of classic boys' adventure fiction still remember him for fast-moving plots, dependable heroes, and a storytelling style shaped by both imagination and moral conviction.