L. P. (Levi Parker) Wyman

Born in Skowhegan, Maine, on July 12, 1873, Levi Parker Wyman wrote as L. P. Wyman. He is remembered chiefly for boys' adventure fiction, including the Golden Boys, Lakewood Boys, and Hunniwell Boys series.

His books were published in the 1920s and 1930s and often pair practical know-how with fast-moving plots. Surviving title pages and catalog records also identify him as Ph.D., a professor of chemistry, and later Dean of the Pennsylvania Military College, which helps explain the scientific touches that run through some of his stories.

Wyman died in 1950. Today he is mostly encountered through reprints and public-domain editions, where readers still find his blend of invention, wilderness adventure, and classic series-book energy.