author
Frank Gee Patchin
1861–1925
Best known for fast-moving adventure stories for young readers, this prolific early 20th-century writer turned out more than 200 books, including the popular Pony Rider Boys and Battleship Boys series. His stories are packed with action, travel, and the kind of cliffhanger energy that kept generations of kids reading one more chapter.
15 Audiobooks
The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico; Or, The End of the Silver Trail
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Lost Claim
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali; Or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon; Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks; Or, The Secret of Ruby Mountain
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska; Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana; or, Following the Game Trails in the Canebrake
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers; Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in New England; or, An Exciting Quest in the Maine Wilderness
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in Montana; Or, The Mystery of the Old Custer Trail
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward; Or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge; or, A Lucky Find in the Carolina Mountains
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Battleship Boys at Sea; Or, Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy
by Frank Gee Patchin
The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service; or, Earning New Ratings in European Seas
by Frank Gee Patchin
About the author
Born in Wayland, New York, in 1861, Frank Gee Patchin became a remarkably productive American writer of children's and juvenile adventure fiction. He is especially associated with the Pony Rider Boys and Battleship Boys books, and reference sources credit him with publishing more than 200 adventure titles over the course of his career.
Patchin also wrote under pseudonyms, including Victor Durham and Jessie Graham Flower, and he was connected with the Edward Stratemeyer Syndicate, one of the major forces in popular series fiction for young readers in the early 1900s. His books often sent youthful heroes into energetic settings full of travel, danger, teamwork, and discovery.
He died in 1925, but his work has remained accessible through public-domain editions and library archives. For readers interested in classic boys' adventure fiction, his novels offer a lively snapshot of the storytelling style that helped shape early American series books.