author
Homer Randall
A brisk early-20th-century pen name carried young readers into the trenches and marches of World War I. The books credited to this name were built for action, patriotism, and cliffhanger momentum.
5 Audiobooks
Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive
by Homer Randall
Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
by Homer Randall
Army Boys in France; or, From Training Camp to Trenches
by Homer Randall
About the author
Homer Randall was not a single well-documented public author so much as a house name used for the Army Boys series. Sources describing the series identify it as a Stratemeyer Syndicate project, part of the famous children's-book operation that produced many popular adventure series through outlines and ghostwriters.
The Army Boys books followed young American soldiers through World War I and were originally published around 1918 to 1920. Titles in the series include Army Boys in France, Army Boys in the French Trenches, Army Boys on the Firing Line, Army Boys in the Big Drive, Army Boys Marching into Germany, and Army Boys on German Soil.
Some catalog records connect the name Homer Randall with John W. Duffield, but the clearest consistent picture is that the name functioned mainly as a syndicate pseudonym rather than a conventional author identity. Because of that, solid biographical details about a single person behind the name are limited.