Howard Roger Garis

25 April 1873 – 6 November 1962

100 works on record

Biography

Howard Roger Garis was born in Birmingham, New York. His father was a railroad employee, and at the age of sixteen, he also obtained a job with the Erie Lackawanna Railroad in Newark, New Jersey. In his downtime in the baggage department, he began to write poems and short stories. In 1900, when his father died, he started his writing career as a journalist, working for the Newark Evening News, continuing to write fiction at the same time. He met and, in 1900, married a fellow Newark Evening News journalist Lilian McNamara. His first published novel, With Force and Arms: A Tale of Love and Salem Witchcraft (1902), was not successful, but his next two novels, Isle of Black Fire and The White Crystals, both published in 1904, were. He wrote a series of stories called the Professor Jonkin series, the first of which, "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant," appeared in the boys' pulp magazine Argosy in 1905. In 1906, began writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, producing Tom Swift books under the house pseudonym "Victor Appleton"; Bobbsey Twins books (#4-28 and #41) under the pseudonym "Laura Lee Hope"; the Motor Boys series under the pseudonym "Clarence Young"; the Great Marvel series under the pseudonym "Lester Chadwick"; and several Camp Fire Girls books under the pseudonym "Marion Davidson". His wife eventually joined the ghostwriting team, and wrote the Motor Girls series under the pseudonym "Margaret Penrose". In 1910, he introduced his most famous character, Uncle Wiggily, in the Newark Evening News. A compilation of these stories was published as Uncle Wiggily's Adventures in 1912. He began to publish other books under his own name, including Larry Dexter and the Bank Mystery (1912), Camp Fire Girls on the Ice (1913), The Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch (1918), Rick and Ruddy; the Story of a Boy and His Dog (1920), Rick and Ruddy on the Trail (1924), and Buddy and His Winter Fun (1929). He continued to work at the Newark Evening News and write fiction until his retirement in 1947. In 1950, he and his wife relocated to Amherst, Massachusetts. His wife Lilian died in 1954.

Works

Tom Swift and his Motor-Cycle, Tom Swift and his Motor-Boat, Tom Swift and his Airship

2007

Collected Works of Howard Roger Garis

2007

Favorite Uncle Wiggily animal bedtime stories

1998

Listen & Read Uncle Wiggly Bedtime Stories

1998

Uncle Wiggily bedtime stories

1996

Tom Swift and his motor-boat, or, The rivals of Lake Carlopa

1992

Uncle Wiggily to the rescue

1988

Uncle Wiggily and the runaway cheese

1977

Uncle Wiggily and his woodland friends

1977

Uncle Wiggily and the sugar cookie

1977

Uncle Wiggily stories

1965

The Little Golden Book of Uncle Wiggily

1953

Uncle Wiggily & Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow

1952

Buddy and his fresh-air camp, or, A boy and the unlucky ones

1947

Buddy and the G-man mystery

1944

Buddy's victory club

1943

Uncle Wiggily and the littletails

1942

... Teddy and the mystery goat

1941

Buddy at Red Gate

1941

Uncle Wiggily in the country

1940

... Teddy and the mystery deer

1940

Uncle Wiggily's picture book

1940

Buddy on the trail

1939

Teddy and the mystery pony

1939

Buddy at Lost river

1938

Buddy and the Indian chief

1936

... Teddy and the mystery monkey

1936

Teddy and the mystery dog

1936

Buddy and his cowboy pal

1935

Rocket riders in the air; or, A chase in the clouds

1934

Buddy and the secret cave

1934

Rocket riders in stormy seas; or, Trailing the treasure divers

1933

Rocket riders across the ice; or, Racing against time

1933

The Curlytops at the circus

1932

Buddy and his flying balloon

1931

The Curlytops at Happy House, or, The mystery of the Chinese vase

1931

Uncle Wiggily's airship

1931

Mystery boys in Ghost canyon

1930

Buddy at Rainbow Lake, or, A boy and his boat

1930

The secret of Lost River

1930

Uncle Wiggily's wash tub ship

1929

Buddy in school

1929

Uncle Wiggily's make believe tarts

1929

Buddy on the farm

1929

Chad of Knob Hill

1929

Uncle Wiggily's ice boat

1929

Uncle Wiggily's rolling hoop

1929

Rick and Ruddy

1928

Uncle Wiggily's puzzle book

1928

The Curlytops growing up

1928

Uncle Wiggily's radio, or how the bad animals listened in

1927

Uncle Wiggily's snow man, or, How Uncle Wiggily brought home company for supper

1927

Tam of the fire cave

1927

Adventures of the galloping gas stove

1926

The second adventures of Uncle Wiggily

1925

Uncle Wiggily and the pirates ..

1924

Two wild cherries in the woods, or, How Dick and Janet caught the bear

1924

The adventures of Uncle Wiggily

1924

The Curlytops at Sunset Beach, or, What was found in the sand

1924

Rick and Ruddy on the trail

1924

Two Wild Cherries

1924

Uncle Wiggily on roller skates, or, What happened when the skillery scallery alligator gave chase

1924

Rick and Ruddy afloat

1922

Uncle Wiggily's June Bug friends, or, How the June Bugs brought joy to Uncle Wiggily

1922

The Curlytops and their playmates, or, Jolly times through the holidays

1922

Uncle Wiggily's story book

1921

Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland

1921

The curlytops and their pets, or, Uncle Toby's strange collection

1921

Uncle Wiggily's rheumatism

1920

Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty

1920

Uncle Wiggily's apple roast

1919

The Curlytops at Cherry Farm

1918

The Curlytops at Uncle Frank's ranch

1918

The curlytops snowed in

1918

Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail: The Funny Monkey Boys

1917

The venture boys afloat

1917

Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail

1917

Neddie and Beckie Stubtail

1914

Uncle Wiggily's automobile

1913

Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow

1912

Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble

1912

Dick Hamilton's steam yacht, or, A young millionaire and the kidnappers

1911

Tom Swift and his Motor Cycle

1910

Johnnie and Billie Bushytail

1910

Dick Hamilton's Fortune: Or, The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son

1909

From office boy to reporter

1907

Isle of black fire

1904

The king of Unadilla

1903

With force and arms

1902

Horror Classics

Dick Hamilton's touring car

Uncle Wiggily on the farm

Uncle Wiggily and the rocking horse

Those Smith boys

Larry Dexter, reporter

The white crystals

Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose ...

Uncle Wiggily: Indian hunter ...

Snarlie the tiger

Rick and Ruddy in camp