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Ralph Henry Barbour

Category: Person
Wikipedia: Ralph Henry Barbour
Born: 13 November 1870
Died: 19 February 1944
Description: An American novelist specializing in sports fiction for boys.
Page Sections: Biography · Documents · Bibliography

Biography

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Ralph Henry Barbour page on 31 August 2023, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Ralph Henry Barbour was an American novelist, who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L. H. Bickford, he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell, notably Phyllis in Bohemia. Other works included light romances and adventure.

During his career, Barbour produced more than 100 novels as well as a number of short stories.

In 1904 book publisher D. Appleton & Co. issued several sports books with editor Ralph Henry Barbour using information from prior Spalding Athletic Library books by special arrangement from American Sports Publishing.


Documents

DateDocumentDetails
1914
copyright year
Benton's VentureBook (HTML & images> PDF) 1.3MB · 313 pages
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Topic: Benton's Venture

Bibliography

Title & SubtitleDetails
Benton's VentureYear & Type: 1914 Fiction
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Content: 313 pages with illustrations
Availability: Complete Book Online (HTML)




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