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Harry Prentice
A lively name from late 19th-century boys' adventure fiction, this author is linked to tales of jungle escapes, animal encounters, and far-flung expeditions. Evidence suggests the name was used as a pen name rather than a separate public literary figure.
1 Audiobook
Captured by Apes; or, How Philip Garland Became King of Apeland
by Harry Prentice
About the author
Harry Prentice is associated with a run of adventure stories for young readers, including books such as Captured by Apes and Captured by Zulus. These stories fit the fast-paced, high-adventure style that was especially popular in the late 1800s.
Reliable sources suggest that Harry Prentice was not a distinct authorial identity in the usual sense, but a pen name connected to American writer James Otis Kaler. Kaler published under several names, and reference works note that Harry Prentice was among them.
Because the name appears to have been a pseudonym, biographical details about "Harry Prentice" as a person are limited. For readers, the main interest is the fiction itself: energetic, dramatic adventure tales written for a young audience and rooted in the storytelling tastes of their time.