Radio Boys
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Radio Boys was the title of three series of juvenile fiction books published by rival companies in the United States in the 1920s:
- Grosset & Dunlap - authored by "Allen Chapman", a Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonym - 13 titles. The best known, and biggest seller of the three series.
- A. L. Burt Company - authored by "Gerald Breckenridge" - 10 titles
- M. A. Donohue & Co. - various authors - 6 titles
There was also a related Radio Girls series, another Stratemeyer Syndicate product, published by Cupples & Leon and authored by "Margaret Penrose".
All of these series were launched seemingly simultaneously in 1922 and the earliest books in each series were by far the biggest sellers, often incorporating details on how to build a crystal set (a simple radio receiver). Later installments tended toward routine action adventure.
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- Details of the Stratemeyer Syndicate's Radio Boys series - Also spotlights some similarly-named 1920s series pertaining to radio, i.e. The Radio-Phone Boys
