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Sherman Crockett
Best known for fast-moving World War I adventure stories for young readers, this early 20th-century writer sent his characters into battle zones, naval campaigns, and high-risk searches across Europe. His surviving books have the brisk, cliffhanger energy of classic boys' adventure fiction.
2 Audiobooks
Two American Boys with the Dardanelles Battle Fleet
by Sherman Crockett
Two American Boys with the Allied Armies
by Sherman Crockett
About the author
Project Gutenberg currently lists two works by Sherman Crockett: Two American Boys with the Allied Armies and Two American Boys with the Dardanelles Battle Fleet. Both are credited to "Major Sherman Crockett," and both are juvenile adventures set during World War I, following young American protagonists through dangerous wartime settings.
The books suggest a writer drawn to action, military detail, and contemporary history, blending war fiction with coming-of-age adventure. In Two American Boys with the Allied Armies, the story moves through Belgium as the boys search for a missing brother; in Two American Boys with the Dardanelles Battle Fleet, the action shifts to the Gallipoli campaign and the eastern Mediterranean.
Reliable biographical information about Crockett himself appears to be very scarce. A modern publisher page notes that little is known about him beyond the wartime adventure series, so the surviving books remain the clearest window into his work and appeal.