Posted by John Wilson on November 30, 2004 at 09:54:49 from 202.154.157.203 user hugo.
James Lennox Kerr (1899-1963) wrote as Peter Dawlish:
Peg-Leg Books (4):
Captain Peg-Leg’s War (1939)
Captain Peg-Leg and the Fur Pirates (1939)
Captain Peg-Leg and the Invaders (1940)
Captain Peg-Leg Swaps the Sea (1940)
Dauntless Books (7):
Dauntless Finds Her Crew (1947)
Dauntless Sails Again (1948)
Dauntless and the Mary Baines (1949)
Dauntless Takes Recruits (1950)
Dauntless Sails In (1952)
Dauntless in Danger (1954)
Dauntless Goes Home (1960)
(No mention of alternative titles in Gale; eg Dauntless and the Poplar Pirates; were they just used by his US publisher, Goodchild?)
And 17 other books for children (fiction & non-fiction) as Peter Dawlish.
Also 21 books as Lennox Kerr or J. Lennox Kerr; including 6 novels, 2 for juveniles and 5 edited or co-authored. The first was “Back Door Guest” (1930). Later ones included “Cruising in Scotland: The Log of the Migrant” (1938) & “The Eager Years: An Autobiography” (1940). The last, in 1963 was “The Yachtsman’s Log and Astronomical Position Line Formula”, privately printed.
He was from Paisley, Scotland, in the Mercantile Marine 1919-29 & 1939-42, also the RNVR 1915-19 & 1942-46, also a gold prospector!
From Gale, Michigan ie Thomson Gale; “Contemporary Authors” CANRS volume 83. As found in large libraries, though they have a subscription?) website:
http://www.galegroup.com/