Oliver Optic
July 30, 1822 – March 27, 1897
Oliver Optic was a pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, academic, author, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Books
- Just his luck
- Try again, or, The trials and triumphs of Harry West
- Hope and have, or, Fanny Grant among the Indians
- The birthday party
- Lightning Express
- Now or never
- Uncle Ben
- Our standard-bearer
- Out West
- Robinson Crusoe, Jr
- The gold thimble
- Brave Old Salt, or, Life on the quarter deck
- Up the Baltic, or, Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
- Lake breezes, or, The cruise of the Sylvania
- Poor and proud
- Switch off, or, When danger threatens
- Try again, or, The boy who did right
- The young voyagers
- The little merchant
- Careless Kate
- The way of the world, a novel
- All aboard
- Poor and proud, or, The fortunes of Katy Redburn
- Money-maker
- A spelling-book for advance classes
- Dolly and I.
- The picnic party
- Going South
- Outward bound, or, Young America afloat
- The young lieutenant, or, The adventures of an army officer
- Snug harbor; or, The Champlain mechanics
- Fighting Joe, or, The Fortunes of a staff officer
- Palace and cottage, or, Young America in France and Switzerland
- Uncle Ben
- Proud and lazy
- The do-somethings
- Taken by the enemy
- The coming wave; or, The hidden treasure of High Rock
- The boat club
- The sailor boy
- Brake up, or A roving commission
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