Raymond S. Spears

Raymond S. Spears (1876-1950) was an author of western and adventure stories. He was born in Belleview, Ohio in 1876. The son of John R. Spears, a naval historian and Celestia Colette Smiley Spears, a teacher. Raymond was educated in Philadelphia. A move to the Adirondack Mountains to recuperate from a throat ailment lead to a great love of the outdoors.

Raymond eventually moved to New York City to work as a reporter for the New York Sun. He worked there for five years before moving back to the countryside and doing free lance reporting. He took several cross-country trips and wrote about them in Forest and Stream. These trips provided the background information for many of his fiction and non-fiction writings.

Raymond used up to eight pseudonyms for his writings, the most used of which was Jim Smiley.

He was the president of the American Trappers' Association during the 1930s.

He married C. Eleanor Shepard in 1904. They had two children, John and Charles. Raymond died in Inglewood, California in 1950.

Works

* The River Prophet
* The Great Lakes 1913
* Diamond Tolls
* Argosy serial "The Flying Coyotes"
* All in a Policeman’s Life, The Junior Munsey Sep 1900
* All in the Family, The All-Story Aug 1912
* The Arrest, The Popular Stories Nov 12 1927
* A Bad Element in Feathers, Adventure Jul 1 1929
* Badlands Bargain, Fifteen Western Tales Nov 1947
* Badlands Buster, Fifteen Western Tales Feb 1949
* The Bag of Gold Coins, Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1927
* A Blue-Eyed Haskell, The Cavalier Jul 12 1913
* The Border Line, Everybody’s Magazine Apr 1928
* Brass, West May 1934
* Brave, Short Stories Aug 25 1921
* Breaking In a Deputy, Western Novel and Short Stories May 1936
* A Breed’s Message, Complete Stories Mar 1928
* Brought Back, Short Stories Nov 10 1922
* The Caddo Flames [Pearl Trade] , Pearson’s Magazine (US) Oct 1914
* Secret Service Stories Apr 1928
* The Call of the White Water, The Popular Magazine Sep 7 1915
* The Careless Ranger, North West Stories Aug #1 192
* Casana’s Other Business, Complete Story Magazine Feb 10 1925
* Central Park in Winter, Munsey’s Feb 1900 (see more at http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s1768.htm) [ [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s1768.htm Stories, Listed by Author ] ]

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