author
Edwin Seward Puller
b. 1870
Best known for early 20th-century books on boyhood, education, and scouting, this American writer mixed practical advice with adventure themes. His work reflects the era’s strong interest in character-building and youth training.
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Your boy and his training : A practical treatise on boy-training
by Edwin Seward Puller
About the author
Edwin Seward Puller was an American author whose books appeared in the early 1900s. Library and archive records identify him as Edwin Seward Puller, 1870-, and show that he wrote both nonfiction and fiction, including Your Boy and His Training: A Practical Treatise on Boy-Training and Biff McCarty, the Eagle Scout.
His writing centers on boys’ upbringing, discipline, and moral education, with one side aimed at parents and educators and another aimed at young readers drawn to scouting stories and adventure. That combination gives his work a clear sense of its time, when books often tried to entertain while also teaching character and responsibility.
Reliable biographical detail beyond his published work is limited in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview stays close to the record of the books themselves. Even so, those records suggest a writer interested in youth development and in the ideals of training, service, and conduct that shaped much popular writing of his period.