author
Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
b. 1887
Best known for fast-moving World War I adventure stories, this early 20th-century writer filled his books with battles, narrow escapes, and young heroes caught up in history. His work helped shape the kind of brisk, patriotic fiction that drew many young readers to wartime series books.
18 Audiobooks
The Boy Allies at Verdun; Or, Saving France from the Enemy
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies on the Firing Line; Or, Twelve Days Battle Along the Marne
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets; Or, The Fall of the German Navy
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies at Liège; Or, Through Lines of Steel
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies at Jutland; Or, The Greatest Naval Battle of History
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies with the Cossacks; Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders; Or, the Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign; Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies in the Baltic; Or, Through Fields of Ice to Aid the Czar
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies with Marshal Foch; or, The Closing Days of the Great World War
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies in Great Peril; Or, With the Italian Army in the Alps
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies with Pershing in France; Or, Over the Top at Chateau Thierry
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies on the North Sea Patrol Or, Striking the First Blow at the German Fleet
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies with the Terror of the Seas; Or, The Last Shot of Submarine D-16
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
The Boy Allies in the Trenches; Or, Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
About the author
Born in 1887, Clair Wallace Hayes was an American writer remembered chiefly for his World War I juvenile fiction. Public-domain library records connect him with a long run of Boy Allies novels, including The Boy Allies on the Firing Line, The Boy Allies at Verdun, and The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign.
Catalog and bookselling sources also describe him as a journalist, which fits the quick pace and headline-ready drama of his fiction. His stories typically follow resourceful young protagonists through major wartime settings, blending action, military events, and adventure for younger readers.
Hayes also wrote under the pseudonym Robert L. Drake—sometimes styled Ensign Robert L. Drake—especially for entries in the companion Boy Allies with the Navy line. Reliable biographical detail beyond his birth year is hard to confirm from the sources available here, but his books remain widely preserved through projects like Project Gutenberg and other online libraries.