author
Elliott Whitney
1863–1913
Best known as a pen name used for fast-moving boys' adventure stories, this early 20th-century writer mixed wildlife, exploration, and danger in books like The Blind Lion of the Congo and The Pirate Shark. Behind the name was a newspaperman and novelist with a real taste for action and popular storytelling.
3 Audiobooks
The pirate shark
by Elliott Whitney
The blind lion of the Congo
by Elliott Whitney
The rogue elephant
by Elliott Whitney
About the author
Elliott Whitney was a pseudonym used by Harry Lincoln Sayler (February 13, 1863 – May 31, 1913), an American newspaperman and novelist from Little York, Ohio. Sayler worked in journalism in Indianapolis and Chicago and also wrote fiction under several names, including Elliott Whitney.
Under the Elliott Whitney name, he wrote adventure novels for young readers, including The Blind Lion of the Congo and other entries in the Boys' Big Game series. These stories are remembered for their energetic pace, exotic settings, and close calls with wild animals.
Sayler also wrote airship and aviation tales under his own name and other pseudonyms, showing how comfortable he was with popular fiction aimed at young readers. Reliable sources connect the Elliott Whitney byline to Sayler, but they do not suggest a widely used separate public identity beyond that pen name.