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Elmer Tracey Barnes

A house pseudonym used for fast-moving early 20th-century adventure stories, this name is tied to tales of camera crews, far-off travel, and youthful daring. The books carry the energetic, serial-style spirit that made syndicated children's fiction so popular.

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The motion picture comrades aboard a submarine : $b or, Searching for treasure under the sea

The motion picture comrades aboard a submarine : $b or, Searching for treasure under the sea

by Elmer Tracey Barnes

About the author

Elmer Tracey Barnes was not a single, clearly documented individual author, but a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the influential American book-packaging firm behind many popular juvenile series. Reliable catalog and reference sources identify the name as one of the Syndicate's shared pen names rather than a personal byline.

Under this name appeared the Motion Picture Comrades books, adventure stories published in the 1910s. These novels blend the excitement of early filmmaking with travel, treasure hunting, and peril in exotic settings, reflecting the brisk, cliffhanger-driven storytelling style that helped define Stratemeyer series fiction.

Because Elmer Tracey Barnes was a syndicate pseudonym, biographical details such as birthplace, education, or a personal life are not firmly available in the usual way. What remains clear is the role the name played in a larger publishing machine that introduced generations of young readers to energetic, accessible adventure fiction.