author
Robert Maitland
Best known as a name on early Boy Scout adventure stories, this byline was actually one of several pen names used for boys' series fiction in the early 1900s. The books are tied to the lively, action-filled world of pulp-era juvenile adventure publishing.
3 Audiobooks
The Boy Scout Automobilists; Or, Jack Danby in the Woods
by Robert Maitland
The Boy Scout Fire Fighters; Or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed
by Robert Maitland
The Boy Scout Pathfinders; Or, Jack Danby's Best Adventure
by Robert Maitland
About the author
"Robert Maitland" was not a widely documented standalone literary figure, but a pen name used in connection with early 20th-century Boy Scout novels. Reliable library and reference sources link the name to the Saalfield Publishing Company's boys' series, where house names and pseudonyms were commonly used.
Evidence from reference sources indicates that Major Robert Maitland was one of the male pen names used by Georgia Roberts Durston (1868–1947), an American writer from Utica, New York. Durston wrote novels, outdoor pieces, and poetry, and several of her works for young readers appeared under alternate names, including Robert Maitland and George Durston.
That makes the Robert Maitland byline part of a bigger publishing story: fast-paced adventure books written for young readers during the height of series fiction. Even when the person behind the name stayed partly in the background, the stories were designed to deliver energy, courage, and the thrill of the outdoors.