Claude A. LaBelle

Claude A. LaBelle is remembered for writing juvenile adventure fiction, especially the Ranger Boys books. Confirmed titles include The Ranger Boys to the Rescue, The Ranger Boys Find the Hermit, The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers, The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves, and The Ranger Boys and Their Reward, all associated with 1922 editions.

The books center on young protagonists facing outdoor dangers, crime, and mystery, often in forest or border settings. Surviving catalog and ebook records show that his work was aimed at younger readers and leaned heavily into action, friendship, and practical courage.

Reliable biographical details about LaBelle himself are surprisingly scarce in the sources I could confirm. Based on the available records, it's safest to describe him as an early 20th-century author of boys' adventure fiction whose work has been preserved through projects like Project Gutenberg, library catalogs, and reprints rather than through extensive modern biographical coverage.