Roy J. Snell
Judson Snell was a prolific writer for the young adult market, penning more thanadventure and mystery stories aimed at boys and girls.
He also wrote under the names of David O'Hara, James Craig, and one book under Joseph Marino.
While most of his works have entered the public domain, a handful such as "The Hidden Trail" in this volume remain in copyright.
Wildside Press tracked down his family and arranged to bring all of his works back into print in definitive editions, both in paperback and ebook formats.
This volume collectsof Roy J, Snell's "Mystery Stories for Boys" series, Enjoy!
His tales were mostly directed at boys, though he wrote at least one series of mysteries for girls.
He also wrote some animal fantasy tales for younger children and they began with Little White Fox and His Artic Friends.
He was later to say that he sold the book for the great sum of,. He also wrote a series entitled Radio Phone Boys, which began with Curly Carson Listens In, Born in Laddonia, Missouri, Snell moved to the Syca area and there he learned his fathers trade of erecting windmills.
He entered Wheaton academy after histh birthday, graduated, and t Roy Judson Snell wrote thannovels for young adults under his own name and also using the pseudonyms David O'Hara, James Craig and Joseph Marino.
His tales were mostly directed at boys, though he wrote at least one series of mysteries for girls.
He also wrote some animal fantasy tales for younger children and they began with 'Little White Fox and His Artic Friends'.
He was later to say that he sold the book for "the great sum of,". He also wrote a series entitled 'Radio Phone Boys', which began with 'Curly Carson Listens In', Born in Laddonia, Missouri, Snell moved to the Syca area and there he learned his father's trade of erecting windmills.
He entered Wheaton academy after histh birthday, graduated, and then worked his way through Wheaton College, finishing with the class of.
His brother's death led to him entering the ministry and he accepted the pastorate of a small church in rural Southern Illinois.
After only a year he became principal of a church supportedschool in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky.
"A person could just aslikely get shot as not there," Snell once remarked, and he added, "It was a constant struggle to see who wouldtake over the school the big boys or me.
" He eventually won and gained the respect of his students and their parents alike, He then spent two semesters' graduate study at Harvard, after which he went as a Congregationalist missionary to Alaska.
While there he was responsible for overEskimos and,reindeer, He returned tothe area the following year, and afterwards he earned his B, D. degree at Chicago Seminary and his master's degree from the University of Chicago, He briefly served in France with the Y, M.
C. A. during World War, service which interrupted his new found writingcareer, Once he returned to the United States he began to write in earnest, A dozen books flowed from his pen, most of them on adventure and mystery themes for youngsters, and then the author began lecturing and for the followingyears he gave illustrated talks about his many travels.
He had a lengthy career as a novelist, claiming that he often wrote,words per hour, and was later to say, "You have to develop a second personality to write.
It's a hard thing to do, Oftentimes I felt like giving up the whole business, " He continued, "I had all the luck on my side, If I were a young man today, I'd hesitate going into a writing career, I wouldn't know where to start, Kids don't read as much today with TV and movies, No I've had my day and I got out of it just what I wanted, "Readers also got what they wanted for as a testimony to his skill, than one and one half million copies of his books were sold.
He died in Wheaton, Illinois, sitelink.
He also wrote under the names of David O'Hara, James Craig, and one book under Joseph Marino.
While most of his works have entered the public domain, a handful such as "The Hidden Trail" in this volume remain in copyright.
Wildside Press tracked down his family and arranged to bring all of his works back into print in definitive editions, both in paperback and ebook formats.
This volume collectsof Roy J, Snell's "Mystery Stories for Boys" series, Enjoy!
Included are:
TRIPLE SPIES
LOST IN THE AIR
PANTHER EYE
THE CRIMSON FLASH
WHITE FIRE
THE BLACK SCHOONER
THE HIDDEN TRAIL
THE FIREBUG
RED LURE
FORBIDDEN CARGOES
JOHNNY LONGBOW
THE ROPE OF GOLD
THE ARROW OF FIRE
RIDDLE OF THE STORM
THE GALLOPING GHOST
WHISPERS AT DAWN
MYSTERY WINGS
RED DYNAMITE
THE SHADOW PASSES
SIGN OF THE GREEN ARROW
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His tales were mostly directed at boys, though he wrote at least one series of mysteries for girls.
He also wrote some animal fantasy tales for younger children and they began with Little White Fox and His Artic Friends.
He was later to say that he sold the book for the great sum of,. He also wrote a series entitled Radio Phone Boys, which began with Curly Carson Listens In, Born in Laddonia, Missouri, Snell moved to the Syca area and there he learned his fathers trade of erecting windmills.
He entered Wheaton academy after histh birthday, graduated, and t Roy Judson Snell wrote thannovels for young adults under his own name and also using the pseudonyms David O'Hara, James Craig and Joseph Marino.
His tales were mostly directed at boys, though he wrote at least one series of mysteries for girls.
He also wrote some animal fantasy tales for younger children and they began with 'Little White Fox and His Artic Friends'.
He was later to say that he sold the book for "the great sum of,". He also wrote a series entitled 'Radio Phone Boys', which began with 'Curly Carson Listens In', Born in Laddonia, Missouri, Snell moved to the Syca area and there he learned his father's trade of erecting windmills.
He entered Wheaton academy after histh birthday, graduated, and then worked his way through Wheaton College, finishing with the class of.
His brother's death led to him entering the ministry and he accepted the pastorate of a small church in rural Southern Illinois.
After only a year he became principal of a church supportedschool in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky.
"A person could just aslikely get shot as not there," Snell once remarked, and he added, "It was a constant struggle to see who wouldtake over the school the big boys or me.
" He eventually won and gained the respect of his students and their parents alike, He then spent two semesters' graduate study at Harvard, after which he went as a Congregationalist missionary to Alaska.
While there he was responsible for overEskimos and,reindeer, He returned tothe area the following year, and afterwards he earned his B, D. degree at Chicago Seminary and his master's degree from the University of Chicago, He briefly served in France with the Y, M.
C. A. during World War, service which interrupted his new found writingcareer, Once he returned to the United States he began to write in earnest, A dozen books flowed from his pen, most of them on adventure and mystery themes for youngsters, and then the author began lecturing and for the followingyears he gave illustrated talks about his many travels.
He had a lengthy career as a novelist, claiming that he often wrote,words per hour, and was later to say, "You have to develop a second personality to write.
It's a hard thing to do, Oftentimes I felt like giving up the whole business, " He continued, "I had all the luck on my side, If I were a young man today, I'd hesitate going into a writing career, I wouldn't know where to start, Kids don't read as much today with TV and movies, No I've had my day and I got out of it just what I wanted, "Readers also got what they wanted for as a testimony to his skill, than one and one half million copies of his books were sold.
He died in Wheaton, Illinois, sitelink.