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George Barton
1866–1940
A Philadelphia newspaperman who turned real crimes, war intrigue, and Washington adventures into fast-moving popular books, he wrote with the punchy, dramatic style of a working reporter. His surviving works range from boys' fiction to collections of spy stories and mysteries.
4 Audiobooks
The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents
by George Barton
The Mystery of Cleverly: A Story for Boys
by George Barton
About the author
George Barton (January 22, 1866 – March 16, 1940) was an American author and journalist from Philadelphia. Reference sources linked to his work identify him as a newspaper man who began at the Philadelphia Inquirer, later served as secretary to the collector of customs in Philadelphia from 1898 to 1913, and then worked as an editorial writer for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
His books show a wide range, but they often lean toward action, crime, and public affairs. He wrote titles such as Barry Wynn; Or, The Adventures of a Page Boy in the United States Congress, The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents, and Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War. Wikisource also describes him as a true-crime writer who worked with William J. Flynn, the well-known investigator and later head of the Secret Service.
Today Barton is mostly remembered through digital libraries and public-domain editions, where his work still appeals to listeners and readers who enjoy early twentieth-century nonfiction, suspense, and brisk historical storytelling.