St. George Rathborne

Born in Covington, Kentucky, on December 26, 1854, St. George Henry Rathborne built a remarkably long career as a popular American writer. He produced boys' stories, dime novels, and series fiction over roughly sixty years, and sources describe him as having written more than 330 volumes.

He also wrote under many other names, including Harrison Adams. His work was especially associated with adventure fiction, and he was often praised for energetic stories set outdoors, with hunting, boating, exploration, and frontier action playing a big part in his books.

Rathborne died on December 16, 1938. Though he is less widely known today than some of his contemporaries, his enormous output and his knack for vivid, accessible adventure made him a notable figure in popular fiction of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.