14-432: Stratemeyer may refer to: Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), American publisher and writer of children's fiction Stratemeyer Syndicate , producer of a number of children's mystery series George E. Stratemeyer (1890–1969), United States Army Air Forces general Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
28-862: A lively atmosphere growing up. Stratemeyer was a member of the Roseville Athletic Club and the New Jersey Historical Association. Stratemeyer died at age 67 in Newark, New Jersey on May 10, 1930, of lobar pneumonia and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey . On May 12, 1930, two days after his death, the New York Times reported that his Rover Boys series "had sales exceeding 5,000,000 copies". Stratemeyer pioneered
42-419: A massive number of editors, copy writers , stenographers , cowriters and secretaries . They greatly contributed to a new genre of juvenile fiction and helped launch several series, including Edward Stratemeyer appears in the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles . In the series, Stratemeyer is the father of the fictional Nancy Stratemeyer, who dates Indiana Jones in high school. Indiana
56-407: A tremendously popular series in the vein of the classic dime novel . The Rover Boys was described as "The first highly successful series by Edward Stratemeyer; each volume had a preface from Edward Stratemeyer himself, thanking his readers and touting the other books. It's generally accepted that Stratemeyer wrote all of the books." He said this series was his personal favorite. Stratemeyer formed
70-434: The book-packaging technique of producing a consistent, long-running series of books using a team of freelance writers. All of the books in the series used the same characters in similar situations. All of the freelance writers, including Mildred Benson , who developed the character of Nancy Drew, were published under a pen name owned by his company. Through his Stratemeyer Syndicate , founded in 1906, Stratemeyer employed
84-480: The Stratemeyer Syndicate in 1905 and hired journalists to write stories based on his ideas. He paid them a flat rate for each book and kept the copyrights to the novels. Stratemeyer married Magdalena Van Camp, the daughter of a Newark businessman, on March 25, 1891. The couple had two daughters: Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (1892–1982) and Edna C. Squier (1895–1974), both of whom would later take over
98-454: The age of 26, he sold his first story, Victor Horton's Idea , to the children's magazine Golden Days for $ 76, over six times the average 1888 weekly paycheck. Stratemeyer moved to Newark, New Jersey, in 1890 and opened a paper store. He ran his shop while continuing to write stories under pseudonyms. He was able to write for many genres including detective dime novels, westerns and serials that ran in newspapers. In 1893, Stratemeyer hired
112-597: The future Stratemeyer Syndicate . Stratemeyer enjoyed the outdoors and often took annual summer trips to the Great Lakes , Lake George and Lake Champlain with his family. They traveled as far as the west coast and Yosemite . A humble man, he never sought public attention and preferred living a private and quiet life with his family at their home on N. 7th Street in the Roseville section of Newark. His relationships with his daughters were warm and Harriet recalled
126-401: The hardworking young American, which greatly influenced him. As a teenager, Stratemeyer operated his own printing press in the basement of his father's tobacco shop, distributing flyers and pamphlets among his friends and family. These included stories called The Newsboy's Adventure and The Tale of a Lumberman . After he graduated from high school, he went to work in his father's store. At
140-541: The popular dime-novel writer Gilbert Patten , according to Patten's own autobiography, Frank Merriwell's 'Father': An Autobiography by Gilbert Patten (Burt L. Standish) (University of Oklahoma Press, 1964). Patten writes that he did not like Stratemeyer. (A less-reliable source says that Stratemeyer was hired by Patten to write as an editor for the Street & Smith publication Good News . ) In 1894, he published his first full-length book, Richard Dare's Venture , which
154-620: The title Stratemeyer . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stratemeyer&oldid=936742247 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edward Stratemeyer Edward L. Stratemeyer ( / ˈ s t r æ t ə ˌ m aɪ ər / ; October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930)
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#1732791071987168-643: Was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate . He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, penning over 1,300 books and selling more than 500 million copies. Stratemeyer created many well-known children's fiction book series , including The Rover Boys , The Bobbsey Twins , Tom Swift , The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew , many of which sold millions of copies and remain in publication. On his legacy, Fortune wrote: "As oil had its Rockefeller , literature had its Stratemeyer." Stratemeyer
182-579: Was born the youngest of six children in Elizabeth, New Jersey , to Henry Julius Stratemeyer, a tobacconist , and Anna Siegel. They were both from Hanover, Germany , immigrating to the United States in 1837. The siblings were educated in English and spoke it to each other. Growing up, Stratemeyer read the works of Horatio Alger and William T. Adams , writers who penned rags-to-riches tales of
196-564: Was the first in his Bound to Succeed series. It contained autobiographical content and was similar to Alger's rags-to-riches story formula. In 1899, Horatio Alger wrote Stratemeyer as editor of the Good News , asking him to finish one of his manuscripts. Alger was in poor health at the time. When Alger died later the same year, Stratemeyer continued to edit and finish several of Alger's other books. That same year, after Alger died, Stratemeyer wrote and published The Rover Boys , which became
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