Captain Quincy Allen
Captain Quincy Allen is a pseudonym listed as the author of the Outdoor Chums series, including The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf, The Outdoor Chums After Big Game, and The Outdoor Chums: The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club. The pseudonym was one of many used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a publishing group started by Edward Stratemeyer in 1906. Stratemeyer assembled a group of authors who were paid a flat fee per book and who remained anonymous. A different pseudonym was chosen for each book series. The Stratemeyer Syndicate published several successful series for children, including The Rover Boys, starting in 1899, The Bobbsey Twins, starting in 1904, Tom Swift, starting in 1910,The Hardy Boys, starting in 1927, and Nancy Drew, starting in 1930.
- Nationality: American
Available Works
- The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists (1911)
- The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf follows the story of Jerry, Will, Frank, and Bluff and their adventures.