Joseph Bushnell Ames

Born on August 9, 1878, in Pennsylvania, Joseph Bushnell Ames was an American novelist whose work appeared in the early decades of the 20th century. Reliable reference sources identify him as a writer of fiction, especially adventure stories and Westerns, and note that he also used the pseudonym Lynn Gunnison.

His published books include titles such as The Treasure of the Canyons, Under Boy Scout Colors, Curly and the Aztec Gold, and Moran of Saddle Butte. Taken together, they show a taste for outdoor action, youthful energy, and the wide-open settings that made popular Western and adventure fiction so appealing to readers of his time.

Ames died on June 20, 1928, in Morristown, New Jersey, at just 49 years old. Though he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, his novels still offer a lively window into the storytelling tastes of early 20th-century American popular fiction.