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W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster
1869–1929
Best known for fast-moving adventure fiction, this prolific American writer turned out westerns, sea stories, historical tales, and magazine serials for popular readers in the early twentieth century. Several of his western stories later made their way to silent film.
5 Audiobooks
The quest of the Silver Swan: A land and sea tale for boys
by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster
Swept Out to Sea; Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster
From Sea to Sea; Or, Clint Webb's Cruise on the Windjammer
by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster
The Trail Boys of the Plains; Or, The Hunt for the Big Buffalo
by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster
With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga
by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster
About the author
Walter Bertram Foster, who published as W. Bert Foster, was an American author born in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 3, 1869. Reference sources connected with his work identify him as a prolific writer of popular fiction, especially dime novels and boys' adventure stories, and note that he was active in literary work from an early age.
His books and serials range widely across western, historical, nautical, and frontier adventure. Surviving bibliographies and library records show titles such as The Lost Expedition, With Washington at Valley Forge, Swept Out to Sea, The Quest of the Silver Swan, and The Trail Boys of the Plains. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction also credits him with speculative adventure stories including "At Land's End" and "When Time Slipped a Cog," showing that his imagination reached beyond straight historical and western fiction.
Foster died on April 26, 1929. Although he is not a household name today, his work still circulates through projects like Project Gutenberg and LibriVox, which speaks to the lasting appeal of his brisk, colorful storytelling.