He was a U.S. Navy commander, explorer, and author.
Written Works:
* Assistant. (New York: J.H. Sears, 1928)
* The Last Flight of Gunnery Officer Ross. (New York: H. Liveright, 1928)
* Around the Horn in a Yacht. (New York: Sears Pub., 1929)
* Dougherty's Raiders - The Last Cruise of the Raider "Wolf." (New York: Sears Pub. Co., 1929)
* Freaks; or, Strange People. (New York: Sears Pub. Co., 1931)
* The World on Wheels. (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931)
* The Windjammers. (Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub. Co., 1932)
* The Book of the Dead: Strange Things People Know About Death. (New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1933)
* Men of the Blue Water: The Sea in Fact and Fiction. (Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub. Co., 1936)
* From the Deep of the Sea: The Thrilling Story of Diving and Divers. (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1936)
* Six Great Stories of the Sea. (Garden City, NY: Blue ribbon books, 1936)
* Escape Across the Pacific. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1938)
* Seaplane Solo: Trans-Atlantic Flight of Squadron Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd. (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1938)
* Explorers of the Pacific. (New York: Messner, 1941)
* Island Ships: The Adventures of Yachtsmen and Sailors in South Seas Waters. (New York: Sheridan house, 1941)
* From the Equator to the Pole: The Remarkable Voyages and Adventures of Vilhjalmur Stefansson. (San Diego, CA: Howell-North bks., 1957)