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Harry Castlemon
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Harry Castlemon
Charles Austin Fosdick, better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden
Go-Ahead; Or, The Fisher-Boy's Motto
Joe Wayring at Home; or, The Adventures of a Fly-Rod
A Rebellion in Dixie
Don Gordon's Shooting-Box
George in Camp; or, Life on the Plains
Sailor Jack, the Trader
The First Capture; or, Hauling Down the Flag of England
Frank on the Prairie
Frank in the Mountains
The Haunted Mine
No Moss; Or, The Career of a Rolling Stone
Marcy, the Refugee
Elam Storm, the Wolfer; Or, The Lost Nugget
Rodney, the Partisan
Marcy the Blockade Runner
True To His Colors
Frank on a Gun-Boat
Frank, the Young Naturalist
The Buried Treasure; Or, Old Jordan's "Haunt"
The Boy Traders; Or, The Sportsman's Club Among the Boers
Snagged and Sunk; Or, The Adventures of a Canvas Canoe
Carl the Trailer
Frank Nelson in the Forecastle; Or, The Sportman's Club Among the Whalers
