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Allan Bernard Bosworth (1925), using the pen-name J. Allan Bosworth, is an American author of children's adventure books.〔( LC authority file )〕 His father, Allan Rucker Bosworth, is also a writer. Bosworth began writing while still a radioman aboard USS ''Missouri''. World War II had just ended, and the ship was on her long voyage home. A native Californian, he returned to San Francisco and took a job at the ''Chronicle''. Ten years later, having published two novels and a few dozen short stories, he left the newspaper to begin writing on a full time basis.〔Inside cover of his book ''All the Dark Places''〕 He lived in Salem, Virginia, the setting for ''All the Dark Places''. His best-known books are ''White Water, Still Water'', about a boy stranded downriver by his raft, and ''All the Dark Places'', about a boy lost in an Appalachian cave.〔According to (WorldCat ), as of November 2015, these books were held by 354 and 341 libraries respectively. Both are also available at the (Open Library ).〕 ''White Water, Still Water'' was included by ''School Library Journal'' as one of the 26 best books of spring in 1966.〔〔''The Author Speaks : selected PW interviews, 1967-1976'' New York : Bowker, 1977〕 Before developing the wilderness adventure theme, Bosworth wrote ''Voices in the Meadow'', a fable of meadowland creatures facing dangerous predators.〔(J. Allan Bosworth ) at WorldCat〕 ==Bibliography== *''A Bird for Peter'', 1963, Doubleday, Criterion Books 〔 *''Voices in the Meadow'', 1964, Doubleday 〔 *''White Water, Still Water'', 1966, N.Y., Doubleday OCLC 519386 〔 *''All the Dark Places'', 1968, N.Y., Doubleday 〔 *''A Wind Named Anne'', 1970, Doubleday 〔 *''A Darkness of Giants'', 1972, Doubleday 〔 *''Among Lions'', 1973, Doubleday 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. Allan Bosworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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