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Frank Sheridan
Best known today as a pen name of John de Morgan, this adventure writer turned out fast-moving stories for young readers, full of shipwrecks, frontier danger, and Revolutionary-era heroics. His books have the punchy, serialized energy of popular fiction from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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In the volcano's mouth; or, A boy against an army
by Frank Sheridan
About the author
Frank Sheridan appears to have been one of the pseudonyms used by John de Morgan (1848–1926), an Irish-born writer who later worked in the United States. Reference sources connect the Sheridan name with de Morgan's boys' adventure fiction and note that he also wrote under several other names.
His work was aimed at a popular audience and often centered on action, exploration, and American history. Surviving titles linked to Frank Sheridan include In the Volcano's Mouth and The Young Marooner, while bibliographic records also associate the name with sea stories and patriotic adventures published for youthful readers.
Because information about the Sheridan byline is scattered and sometimes comes through publishing records rather than full biographical articles, some details of authorship are harder to pin down with complete certainty. Still, the available evidence points to a prolific dime-novel-era storyteller whose fiction was built to entertain: brisk plots, vivid peril, and a strong taste for adventure.