Stephen W. Meader (May 2, 1892 – July 18, 1977) was the writer 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. Meader graduated from Haverford College in Philadelphia in 1913, and initially worked in Newark, New Jersey as a cruelty officer with the Essex County Children's Aid Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and by 1915 was working for the Big Brother Movement. After working for a Chicago publishing house in 1916, he took a position with the Circulation Department of the Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia, eventually reaching the position of Editor of the Sales Division publications. His first novel, The Black Buccaneer, was the first juvenile publication of the newly founded Harcourt, Brace and Howe. Today all (or nearly all) of his novels are available in reprint from Southern Skies. He moved his family to Moorestown Township, New Jersey in 1922. A biography of Meader is also available from the Southern Skies website. Bibliography The Black Buccaneer (1920) - Pirates along the Atlantic coast in the 18th century. Down the Big River (1924) - The voyage of a frontier family down the Ohio River in pioneer days. Longshanks (1928) - a story of the Mississippi River and how the young hero became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. Red Horse Hill (1930) - Farm life in New Hampshire and a thrilling country horse race. Away to Sea (1931) - Jim Slater runs away to sea, discovering too late that he had signed up on a slave ship bound for Africa. King of the Hills (1933) - The story of Old Scarback, a famous stag, and a boy who helped arrest a gang of deer jackers. Lumberjack (1934) - Dan earns the money for college by becoming a lumberjack in the New Hampshire woods. The Will to Win and Other Stories (1936) - a collection of sports stories. Trap Lines North (1936) Who Rides in the Dark? (1937) - Dan Drew, stableboy in a New Hampshire country inn in 1827, helps in the arrest of a band of highwaymen. T-Model Tommy (1938) - How Tom Ballard built up his own trucking business. Boy with a Pack (1939) - Adventures of a boy who went to Ohio country in