author
W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster
1869–1929
A prolific American storyteller, he wrote brisk adventure tales for young readers and popular magazines, ranging from historical fiction and sea stories to Westerns and early speculative fiction. His work also reached beyond the page, with several stories adapted for silent films in the 1920s.
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
With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga
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
About the author
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1869, Walter Bertram Foster built a long career as a professional writer under the name W. Bert Foster. He began publishing in the late 19th century and became known for energetic, plot-driven fiction aimed at a wide popular audience.
Foster wrote across several modes of adventure fiction. His books included historical novels such as With Washington at Valley Forge and With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga, along with sea stories and boys' adventures like The Lost Galleon. Reference sources also note his work in dime novels and magazine fiction, including Westerns and early science-fictional tales published in magazines such as Argosy and All-Story.
He was also connected to early series fiction for younger readers: bibliographic sources credit him with writing some volumes in the Ruth Fielding and Betty Gordon series under house names. Foster died in 1929, but his fiction has remained accessible through projects like Project Gutenberg and LibriVox, where modern readers can still discover his fast-moving, old-school adventures.