Claim: Harry Lincoln Sayler (1863–1913) was a newspaperman and novelist from Ohio who developed an expertise on the subject of war and wrote three series of juvenile fiction, Boy Scouts of the Air series, Aeroplane Boys series and Airship Boys series.
Evidence: Harry Lincoln Sayler (1863–1913) was a newspaperman and novelist, under his own name and pseudonyms, including as a ghost writer for a popular youth fiction series. 1863
Little York, Montgomery Co., Ohio He developed an expertise on the subject of pirates. Sayler wrote three series of juvenile fiction relating to the then-novel technology of airplanes and flight. He wrote the Boy Scouts of the Air series under the pen name Gordon Stuart, the Aeroplane Boys series as Ashton Lamar, and the Airship Boys series under his own name.