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Stephen W. Meader

Author,Illustrator

(1892 - 1977)

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Stephen W. Meader (May 2, 1892 – July 18, 1977) was the author of over forty novels for young readers. His optimistic stories generally tended to either concern young men developing independent businesses in the face of adversity, or else young men caught up in adventures during different periods in American history.



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Guns for the Saratoga (2006)

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Gideon Jones helps his father cast guns for the American Navy’s new sloop-of-war, then decides to join her crew to fight the British.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John O’Hara Cosgrave, II

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Jonathan Goes West (1946)

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Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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Jonathan Goes West (2004)

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Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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Keep ’Em Rolling (1967)

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Dave Marsh and his family make the long trek to Oregon behind a team of oxen.

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Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Al Savitt

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Keep ’Em Rolling (2006)

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Dave Marsh and his family make the long trek to Oregon behind a team of oxen.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Al Savitt

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King of the Hills (1933)

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Breck Townsend went to New Hampshire to photograph the biggest buck and found himself tangling with a gang of poachers.

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Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Lee Townsend

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King of the Hills (2006)

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Breck Townsend went to New Hampshire to photograph the biggest buck and found himself tangling with a gang of poachers.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Lee Townsend

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Lonesome End (1968)

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Tod Ross is a sophomore when the coach asks him to go out for the football team.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Ned Butterfield

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Lonesome End (2005)

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Tod Ross is a sophomore when the coach asks him to go out for the football team.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Ned Butterfield

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The Long Trains Roll (1944)

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Randy MacDougal stumbles on evidence of a sabotage ring aimed at the trains passing through Calico Gap and contacts the FBI.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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The Long Trains Roll (1965)

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Randy MacDougal stumbles on evidence of a sabotage ring aimed at the trains passing through Calico Gap and contacts the FBI.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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Longshanks (1928)

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Tad Hopkins is on his way downriver to New Orleans to meet his father when he is unceremoniously tossed into the river by a thief. He is rescued by a young flatboat man - Abe Lincoln.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward C. Caswell

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Longshanks (1945)

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Thad Hopkins is going downriver to meet his father in New Orleans when he is unceremoniously tossed overboard by a thief. He is rescued by a passing flatboat man -- Abe Lincoln. This is the second edition with new illustrations by Edward Shenton.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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Longshanks (2006)

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Thad Hopkins is going downriver to meet his father in New Orleans when he is unceremoniously thrown in the river by a thief. He is rescued by a flatboat man -- Abe Lincoln.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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Lumberjack (1934)

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Dan Garland joins the lumber crew when they come to cut his grandfather’s pine.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Henry C. Pitz

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Lumberjack (2004)

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Dan Garland joins the lumber crew when they come to cut his grandfather’s pine.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Henry C. Pitz

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The Muddy Road to Glory (1963)

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Ben Everett joins up with the Twentieth Maine Regiment and fights from Stoneman’s Switch to Appomattox Court House.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): George Hughes

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The Muddy Road to Glory (2006)

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Ben Everett joins up with the Twentieth Maine Regiment and fights from Stoneman’s Switch to Appomattox Court House.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): George Hughes

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Phantom of the Blockade (1962)

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Anse O’Neal signs on aboard the Gray Witch as she carries Southern cotton to Bermuda to exchange for guns and ammunition for Lee’s Army of Virginia.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Victor Mays

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Phantom of the Blockade (1965)

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Anse O’Neal signs on aboard the Gray Witch as she carries Southern cotton to Bermuda to exchange for guns and ammunition for Lee’s Army of Virginia.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Victor Mays

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