author
Claude A. LaBelle
Best known for fast-moving boys’ adventure stories, this early 20th-century writer created series fiction filled with rangers, smugglers, timber thieves, and secret codes. His books offer brisk action and a strong sense of teamwork, aimed at young readers who enjoy classic outdoor adventures.
3 Audiobooks
The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves
by Claude A. LaBelle
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers
by Claude A. LaBelle
The Ranger Boys and Their Reward
by Claude A. LaBelle
About the author
Claude A. LaBelle is remembered as the author of juvenile adventure fiction, especially the Ranger Boys books. Titles linked to his name include The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers, The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves, The Ranger Boys Find the Hermit, and The Ranger Boys and Their Reward.
He is also associated with the Bailey Twins series, which suggests a steady career writing popular series books for younger readers. Across these works, the focus is on danger, courage, friendship, and resourcefulness, with stories set around forests, camps, and other action-friendly settings.
Reliable biographical details about his life are scarce in the sources I could confirm, so it is safest to remember him mainly through his books. Even so, his surviving titles show a clear gift for lively, accessible adventure storytelling from the early 1900s.