About Ruel Perley Smith
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Ruel Perley Smith (1869–1937) was a novelist and newspaper editor best known for the Rival Camper series of boys' books, published by L.C. Page & Co. of Boston in the first decade of the 20th century. Born in Bangor, Maine, Smith made his career as a newspaper reporter in New York, eventually becoming Night City Editor (and Sunday Editor) of New York World in the 1920s. The Rival Camper series of boys' books was set in Smith's native Maine.
