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George Durston
Best known as one of the writers behind early Boy Scouts adventure stories, this American author also published novels, outdoor writing, and poetry under several pen names. Her work reached a wide audience in the early 1900s, and some of her animal poems were later familiar to generations of schoolchildren.
6 Audiobooks
The Boy Scout Aviators
by George Durston
The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War
by George Durston
The Boy Scouts on the Trail
by George Durston
The Boy Scouts' Victory
by George Durston
The Boy Scouts to the Rescue
by George Durston
The Boy Scout pathfinders
by George Durston
About the author
Georgia Roberts Durston was an American writer born in Utica, New York, on December 1, 1868. She wrote novels, outdoor articles, and poetry, and published some of her fiction under male pen names including George Durston, Major Robert Maitland, Captain John Blaine, and Colonel James Fiske.
The name George Durston is especially associated with early boys' adventure fiction, including books connected with the popular Boy Scouts series published by Saalfield in the 1910s. Some sources also note that "Colonel George Durston" functioned as a house or series name, so the exact authorship of every title under that name is not always straightforward.
Beyond her adventure fiction, Durston also wrote poetry, and her animal poems were widely read in school anthologies. She died on July 4, 1947.