Captain Mayne Reid
Reid was an Irish-American adventure writer whose tales of the Wild West and tropical wilderness were enormously popular with Victorian boys. The Scalp Hunters and The Rifle Rangers brought exotic American landscapes to English readers.
Works
- The Rifle RangersFrontier adventure of American rangers in Mexican wilderness
- The Scalp HuntersAdventure novel of hunters pursuing Apache and scalp traders
- The Boy HuntersAdventure novel of youths hunting and exploring American frontier
- The Headless HorsemanWestern adventure set during Texas revolution and border conflicts
- The CastawaysAdventure novel of castaways surviving on remote island