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Harry Castlemon
1842–1915
Best known for fast-moving adventure stories for young readers, this prolific American author helped shape 19th-century boys' fiction with tales of the outdoors, war, and frontier life. Writing under a pen name, he published widely and built a large audience that lasted for decades.
52 Audiobooks
Joe Wayring at Home; or, The Adventures of a Fly-Rod
by Harry Castlemon
The Sportsman's Club in the Saddle
by Harry Castlemon
Elam Storm, the Wolfer; Or, The Lost Nugget
by Harry Castlemon
Oscar in Africa
by Harry Castlemon
The Mystery of Lost River Canyon
by Harry Castlemon
George at the Fort; Or, Life Among the Soldiers
by Harry Castlemon
Go-Ahead; Or, The Fisher-Boy's Motto
by Harry Castlemon
The Buried Treasure; Or, Old Jordan's "Haunt"
by Harry Castlemon
Frank, the Young Naturalist
by Harry Castlemon
Julian Mortimer: A Brave Boy's Struggle for Home and Fortune
by Harry Castlemon
Snagged and Sunk; Or, The Adventures of a Canvas Canoe
by Harry Castlemon
Two Ways of Becoming a Hunter
by Harry Castlemon
A Rebellion in Dixie
by Harry Castlemon
The First Capture; or, Hauling Down the Flag of England
by Harry Castlemon
Frank in the Woods
by Harry Castlemon
The Sportsman's Club Afloat
by Harry Castlemon
Don Gordon's Shooting-Box
by Harry Castlemon
Frank among the Rancheros
by Harry Castlemon
Frank on the Prairie
by Harry Castlemon
Frank on the Lower Mississippi
by Harry Castlemon
Frank Before Vicksburg The Gun-Boat Series
by Harry Castlemon
Frank on a Gun-Boat
by Harry Castlemon
Frank Nelson in the Forecastle; Or, The Sportman's Club Among the Whalers
by Harry Castlemon
The Steel Horse: The Rambles of a Bicycle
by Harry Castlemon
The Mail Carrier
by Harry Castlemon
Sailor Jack, the Trader
by Harry Castlemon
Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho
by Harry Castlemon
Carl the Trailer
by Harry Castlemon
Snowed Up; or, The Sportman's Club in the Mountains
by Harry Castlemon
The Boy Traders; Or, The Sportsman's Club Among the Boers
by Harry Castlemon
George in Camp; or, Life on the Plains
by Harry Castlemon
The Rod and Gun Club
by Harry Castlemon
The Missing Pocket-Book; Or, Tom Mason's Luck
by Harry Castlemon
The Young Game-Warden
by Harry Castlemon
Winged Arrow's Medicine; Or, The Massacre at Fort Phil Kearney
by Harry Castlemon
The Camp in the Foot-Hills; or, Oscar on Horseback
by Harry Castlemon
No Moss; Or, The Career of a Rolling Stone
by Harry Castlemon
Our Fellows; Or, Skirmishes with the Swamp Dragoons
by Harry Castlemon
The Young Wild-Fowlers
by Harry Castlemon
Guy Harris, the Runaway
by Harry Castlemon
George at the Wheel; Or, Life in the Pilot-House
by Harry Castlemon
The Boy Trapper
by Harry Castlemon
A Struggle for a Fortune
by Harry Castlemon
The Haunted Mine
by Harry Castlemon
Marcy, the Refugee
by Harry Castlemon
Tom Newcombe; Or, the Boy of Bad Habits
by Harry Castlemon
A Sailor in Spite of Himself
by Harry Castlemon
Rodney, the Overseer
by Harry Castlemon
Frank in the Mountains
by Harry Castlemon
True To His Colors
by Harry Castlemon
Rodney, the Partisan
by Harry Castlemon
Marcy the Blockade Runner
by Harry Castlemon
About the author
Born Charles Austin Fosdick in 1842, he wrote under the name Harry Castlemon and became one of the most productive American writers of juvenile fiction in the late 1800s. His books were aimed mainly at boys and often followed brave young heroes through hunting trips, military adventures, and life on the frontier.
Castlemon's stories were popular for their pace, action, and sense of practical detail. Many were issued in long-running series, and titles such as Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho show how strongly his work was tied to the adventure fiction market of the period.
He died in 1915, but his books remain part of the history of American popular reading for young people. Today he is remembered both for his enormous output and for the way his fiction captured the interests and imagination of youthful readers in the 19th century.