All Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes Audiobooks

Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

b. 1887

Best known for the fast-moving Boy Allies adventures, this early 20th-century writer sent young readers into the thick of World War I with battles at sea, on land, and across Europe. The books blend action, patriotism, and serial cliffhangers in a way that made them durable favorites in juvenile adventure fiction.

About the author

Clair W. Hayes, listed in library and book records as Clair Wallace Hayes (1887– ), is remembered for a long run of World War I adventure novels for younger readers. His best-known work is the Boy Allies series, a set of brisk, plot-driven stories that follow teenage heroes through major wartime campaigns and naval clashes.

Surviving bibliographic records connect him with titles such as The Boy Allies at Liège, The Boy Allies in the Trenches, The Boy Allies Under the Sea, and The Boy Allies with Marshal Foch. Project Gutenberg currently lists 18 books by Hayes, and some records also note Robert L. Drake as an alias connected with his work.

Very little biographical detail appears to be readily documented online beyond his name and birth year, but the books themselves show his niche clearly: energetic historical adventure written for young readers during and just after the First World War era. If you like fiction that turns headline history into bold, accessible storytelling, Hayes is an author worth discovering.

Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

18 Audiobooks

The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines

The Boy Allies with the Cossacks; Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians

The Boy Allies with Marshal Foch; or, The Closing Days of the Great World War

The Boy Allies on the Firing Line; Or, Twelve Days Battle Along the Marne

The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers

The Boy Allies at Jutland; Or, The Greatest Naval Battle of History

The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets; Or, The Fall of the German Navy

The Boy Allies under Two Flags

The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign; Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation

The Boy Allies with the Terror of the Seas; Or, The Last Shot of Submarine D-16

The Boy Allies in Great Peril; Or, With the Italian Army in the Alps

The Boy Allies in the Trenches; Or, Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne

The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders; Or, the Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge

The Boy Allies with Pershing in France; Or, Over the Top at Chateau Thierry

The Boy Allies on the North Sea Patrol

The Boy Allies at Liège; Or, Through Lines of Steel

The Boy Allies in the Baltic; Or, Through Fields of Ice to Aid the Czar

The Boy Allies at Verdun; Or, Saving France from the Enemy

About the author