Otis, James
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Working name of US journalist, editor and author James Otis Kaler (1848-1912), who published at least 175 novels, apparently most or all of them for boys. Titles of sf interest include – but may not be restricted to – three Lost Race tales: The Treasure Finders: A Boy's Adventure in Nicaragua (1889); The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan (1893), in which a Mayan survival is discovered in the remote mountains; and The Treasure of Cocos Island: A Story of the Indian Ocean (1902). [JC]
James Otis Kaler
born Frankfort (now Winterport), Maine: 19 March 1848
died Portland, Maine: 11 December 1912
works
- The Treasure Finders: A Boy's Adventure in Nicaragua (New York: A L Burt, Publisher, 1889) [illus/hb/uncredited]
- The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan (New York: A L Burt, Publisher, 1893) [hb/]
- The Treasure of Cocos Island: A Story of the Indian Ocean (New York: A L Burt, Publisher, 1902) [hb/]
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