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Howard R. Garis

Howard R. Garis

Howard Roger Garis was an American author most famous under his own name for the children’s book series Uncle Wiggily. Garis was a very prolific ghostwriter for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, however, and his credits under pseudonyms include Tom Swift written as Victor Appleton; many volumes of The Bobbsey Twins as Laura Lee Hope; The Motor Boys series as Clarence Young; The Great Marvel series and the stories of Baseball Joe as Lester Chadwick; and many Camp Fire Girls books as Marion Davidson.

  • Nationality: American
  • Birth Date: 25 Apr 1873
  • Death Date: 6 Nov 1962
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Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys (1918)
Curly and Floppy Twistytail is about the adventures of the two Twistytail pig brothers.