Lewis Edwin Theiss
Lewis Edwin Theiss was a freelance writer for national magazines, professor of journalism at Bucknell University, and an author of adventure books for boys.
Biography
Theiss graduated from Bucknell University in 1902, and worked as a reporter for the New York Sun for 10 years before leaving to focus on freelance writing. He wrote for The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, and Woman's Home Companion, among many other national magazines. Around 1918, the Boston publisher W. A. Wilde & Company encouraged Theiss to write books for boys, of which he eventually wrote 44.In 1924, Bucknell University awarded Theiss an honorary degree as Doctor of Literature and he joined the faculty as a Professor of Journalism. In 1942, he was asked to write a history of the university, published as "Centennial History of Bucknell University: 1846–1946", which took him four years. Upon completion of this work in 1946, he retired from Bucknell University.
Theiss was involved in the Boy Scouts of America, serving as president of the Susquehanna Valley Area Council around 1937.
Theiss died at the age of 84 on May 22, 1963 in Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Selected works
SourceIn Camp at Fort BradyHis Big Brother; a story of the struggles and triumphs of a little "son of liberty"The Wireless Patrol at Camp BradyA Champion of the FoothillsThe Secret WirelessThe Hidden Aerial: the Spy Line on the MountainThe Young Wireless Operator—AfloatThe Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire PatrolThe Young Wireless Operator—With the Oyster Fleet; how Alec Cunningham won his way to the top in the oyster businessThe Young Wireless Operator—With the U.S. Secret Service: Winning his Way in the Secret ServiceThe Young Wireless Operator—With the U. S. Coast guardThe Flume in the Mountains; the Story of the Building of a Great Power PlantPiloting the U.S. Air Mail; flying for Uncle SamKeepers of the Sea: the Story of the United States Lighthouse ServiceThe Search For The Lost Mail PlaneTrailing the Air Mail BanditThe Pursuit of the Flying SmugglersWings of the Coast Guard; aloft with the Flying Service of Uncle Sam’s Life SaversFlying the U.S. Mail to South America; how Pan American Airships Carry On in Sun and Storm Above the Rolling CaribbeanThe Mail Pilot of the CaribbeanThe Flying Explorer: How a Mail Plane Penetrated the Basin of the AmazonGuardians of the SeaA Journey through Pennsylvania FarmlandsFrom Coast to Coast with the U.S. Air MailFlood Mappers Aloft: How Ginger Hale and the Scouts of the Bald Eagle Patrol Surveyed the Watershed of the SusquehannaA Journey Through Pennsylvania Farmlands Volume IIWings over the PacificWings over the AndesOn board a U. S. submarineFlying with the C.A.A.; how two of Uncle Sam’s Youngest Airmen Saved a Great Defense Plant From SabotageFlying for Uncle Sam; A story of Civilian Pilot TrainingTommy Visits An Aircraft FactoryFlying With the Coastal PatrolOverseas With the Air Transport CommandSky Road to AdventureFlying With the Air-sea Rescue ServiceCentinennial History of Bucknell University, 1946-1946With Young Bruce on the Frontier: A Story of General Sullivan’s Expedition- ''Lives of Danger and Daring''