R. M. Ballantyne was a Scottish writer of juvenile fiction. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and where he served for six years with the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.
Series
Books
Red Rooney
2004
Ungava
1857
The Cannibal Islands
2014
The Giant of the North
1882
Shipwrecked Six Castaway Classics
Six Pack
2015
The Coral Island
1857
Hunted and Harried
2004
The Wild Man of the West
A Tale of the Rocky Mountains
1863
The Island Queen
1885
Erling the Bold
1869
Fast in the Ice
1863
Fighting the Flames
1867
The Young Fur Traders
1888
The Lonely Island
1880
Twice Bought
1999
The Prairie Chief
1886
The Pirate City
An Algerine Tale
1920
The Gorilla Hunters
1861
Black Ivory
1969
Martin Rattler
1881
The Norsemen in the West
2004
Post Haste
2004
Mercan Adası
2021
Blue Lights
1888
The Dog Crusoe and His Master
1860
Deep Down
A Tale of the Cornish Mines
1900
