Roy Rockwood

Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate utilized the house alias Roy Rockwood to publish boy's adventure books. The name is most well-known from the Bomba the Jungle Boy series. Edward Stratemeyer used the alias for the serialized narrative Joe Johnson, the Bicycle Wonder (1895), which appeared in Young Sports of America. He also used Roy Rockwood for Lost in the Land of Ice (1900-1901), which was eventually released as a book under the Capt. Ralph Bonehill pen name, and The Rival...See more

Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate utilized the house alias Roy Rockwood to publish boy's adventure books. The name is most well-known from the Bomba the Jungle Boy series. Edward Stratemeyer used the alias for the serialized narrative Joe Johnson, the Bicycle Wonder (1895), which appeared in Young Sports of America. He also used Roy Rockwood for Lost in the Land of Ice (1900-1901), which was eventually released as a book under the Capt. Ralph Bonehill pen name, and The Rival Ocean Divers (1901), both of which were serialized in Golden Hours. The Rival Ocean Divers was the first novel in the Deep Sea series and later included in the Dave Fearless series. See less