name: Robert  Leighton
birth_date: 1858-06-05 00:00:00
death_date: 1934-05-11 00:00:00
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about: Robert Leighton (1859 – 1934) was a Scottish journalist, editor, and author of boys' fiction. He was an editor of juvenile magazines, and through his work at Young Folks he met his future wife Marie Connor, a prolific author in her own right. Leighton became an expert on dogs and their care and produced many works on this topic. His works include:The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands (1891),The Thirsty Sword (1892),Wreck of the Golden Fleece: The Story of a North Sea Fisher-boy (1894),In the Grip of the Algerine: A Historical Tale (1894),Olaf the Glorious (1895),Under the Foeman's Flag: A Story of the Spanish Armada (1896),The Splendid Stranger: A Story of the Monmouth Rebellion (1898),The Golden Galleon (1898),Convict 99 (wit Robert Leighton (1859 – 1934) was a Scottish journalist, editor, and author of boys' fiction. He was an editor of juvenile magazines, and through his work at Young Folks he met his future wife Marie Connor, a prolific author in her own right. Leighton became an expert on dogs and their care and produced many works on this topic. His works include:The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands (1891),The Thirsty Sword (1892),Wreck of the Golden Fleece: The Story of a North Sea Fisher-boy (1894),In the Grip of the Algerine: A Historical Tale (1894),Olaf the Glorious (1895),Under the Foeman's Flag: A Story of the Spanish Armada (1896),The Splendid Stranger: A Story of the Monmouth Rebellion (1898),The Golden Galleon (1898),Convict 99 (with Marie Flora Barbara Connor) (1898),In the Shadow of Guilt (with Marie Flora Barbara Connor) (1901),Cap'n Nat's Treasure: A Tale of Old Liverpool (1902),The Boys of Waveney (1902),The Haunted Ship: A Tale of the Devon Smugglers (1903),In The Land of Ju- Ju: A Tale of Benin (1903),The Kidnapping of Peter Cray: A Story of the South Seas (1903),The Green- Painted Ship (1905),The Cleverest Chap in the School (1910)and Kiddie the Scout (1920) ...more