Mr. McIntyre was born in Philadelphia. At six years of age he was sent to St. Michael’s Parochial School in that city, and says he considered his education finished when he left it four years later to begin the earning of a living. He was employed as a boy at a great many things, and admits he was very bad at all of them. One of his later jobs was clerk in a secondhand bookstore, where he acquired an overwhelming love for history and also became acquainted with all the masters of English literature. His chief ambition as a boy was to read more than anyone he knew, and he says, “I think I won this race by a million laps.” He began to write when he was about twenty and he found the way to be rougher than he imagined. Finally he began to get stories into the newspapers, then into the magazines, and at last, in 1902, published his first novel, “The Ragged Edge.” His first book for boys, “Fighting King George,” was published in 1905, and since then thousands of boys have learned to look for a new “McIntyre book” every year. His most popular series, “The Young Continentals,” was begun in 1909. Mr. McIntyre has also written a great many plays, a number of which have been produced professionally, and some novels, including the well-known “Ashton-Kirk” series. His books for boys are: The Young Continentals at Lexington The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill The Young Continentals at Trenton The Young Continentals at Monmouth The Boy Tars of 1812 Fighting King George The Street Singer With John Paul Jones In the Rockies with Kit Carson In Kentucky with Daniel Boone In Texas with Davy Crockett TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.