Roger William Conant

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Roger William Conant

b. 1895

Best known for the 1920 adventure novel Hiking Westward, this early 20th-century writer told a fast-moving pioneer story built around grit, hardship, and the pull of the American West. The book first appeared under the pen name J. W. Lincoln before being revised and reissued under his own name.

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Hiking Westward Being the Story of Two Boys Whose Ambition Led Them to Face Privations and Hardships in Their Quest of a Home in the Great West

Hiking Westward Being the Story of Two Boys Whose Ambition Led Them to Face Privations and Hardships in Their Quest of a Home in the Great West

by Roger William Conant

About the author

Roger William Conant was an American author born in 1895. Confirmed online records connect him with Hiking Westward, published in 1920 by W. A. Wilde Company and illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.

In the book's foreword, Conant explains that the story had originally appeared as The Young Homesteaders under the pen name J. W. Lincoln. He later revised it and republished it under his own name, presenting it as a lively picture of early pioneer life for young readers.

Very little biographical information about his life beyond these publication details was readily confirmed in reliable sources, so his profile today rests mainly on this surviving work and its place in classic boys' adventure fiction.