under his own name and using pen name Buck Wilson. Adventure novels included the Don Winslow of the Navy series ghostwritten for Frank V Martinek, based on Martinek's comic strip, Barry Blake, The Lone Rider, and The Lone Ranger. A series of books co-written with Oskar Lebeck includes Hurricane Kids on the Lost Island; Rex, King of the Deep; and Stratosphere Jim. Du Bois wrote several adaptations of well known titles such as Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Little Women, Kidnapped for his editor at Western Publishing; and The Pony Express, a series of historical word sketches, with color illustrations. Two Golden Press adaptations appeared in 1960: Kidnapped, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson (Golden Press. 1960. 58 pages). A Golden Reading Adventure. #378. Nomads of the North. Based on the book by James Oliver Curwood. Story adapted from the 1961 Walt Disney film Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (Golden Press. 1960. 60 pages. # 379:100). Poetry DuBois published several books of his spiritual poems and biographical material in the 1980s: Walk Among the Poems of Gaylord Du Bois (1982, Eyrie Publications) The Shining Path: Highlights of a Christian Pilgrimage (1983) — Christian poems Reflections on the Eyrie (1984) — poems A Walk Around Whallons Bay, New York With Gaylord Du Bois (1984, Eyrie Publications) — letters from Du Bois to friend Glenn Morris (the editor) who arranged the correspondence into a narrative form presenting Du Bois' memories and recollections of people, places and events in the Whallons Bay area where he grew up. References External links Gaylord McIlvaine DuBois Gaylord DuBois (blog by his granddaughter) 1899 births 1993 deaths American comics writers American male novelists American male poets People from Winthrop, Massachusetts People from Orange City, Florida 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American poets Novelists from Massachusetts Novelists from Florida 20th-century American male writers