Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Boy Fortune Hunters of Alaska | 1906 | Boy Fortune Hunters | Buy |
| 2 | The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama | 1907 | Boy Fortune Hunters | Buy |
| 3 | The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt | 1908 | Boy Fortune Hunters | Buy |
| 4 | The Boy Fortune Hunters in China | 1909 | Boy Fortune Hunters | Buy |
| 5 | The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan | 1910 | Boy Fortune Hunters | Buy |
| 6 | The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas | 1911 | Boy Fortune Hunters | Buy |
L. Frank Baum is best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but he was enormously prolific under various pen names. The Boy Fortune Hunters series, written as Floyd Akers, follows sixteen-year-old Sam Steele — son of a merchant ship captain — across six adventures in exotic locations. The books were published between 1906 and 1911 by Reilly & Britton.
The series has the characteristic energy of Edwardian boys’ adventure fiction: globe-trotting plots, competent young heroes, vivid foreign settings, and a tone of confident imperial-era exploration. The first two books were originally published under different titles before being reissued as part of the Fortune Hunters series, and all six are now available through Project Gutenberg and in reprint editions.