Elmer Sherwood

Elmer Sherwood was a pen name used by Samuel Lewenkrohn, an American writer born in 1884. Project Gutenberg lists Sherwood as an alias for Lewenkrohn, which helps connect the better-known pseudonym with the author behind it.

He is chiefly remembered for the Lucky series of boys' adventure novels, which began with Lucky, the Boy Scout in 1916. Later volumes were reissued around the character's real name, Ted Marsh, and the series followed the same energetic hero through scouting adventures, travel, military themes, and patriotic action.

Because surviving biographical information appears to be quite sparse, most of what can be confirmed today comes through library and book records rather than detailed personal histories. Even so, the books themselves give a clear sense of his appeal: fast-moving plots, clear moral stakes, and the optimistic spirit of classic juvenile fiction from the early 1900s.