Everett Titsworth Tomlinson (1859-1931) was an American author, clergyman and educator. He wrote mainly historical fiction and adventure stories for boys. He was born in Shiloh, New Jersey, and graduated from Rutgers College in 1881. He first worked as a teacher and then became a Baptist minister. Later he returned to education and was long associated with schools in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he spent much of his life. His writing career grew out of his interest in American history. His books were aimed at young readers and followed boys through the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War and frontier life. Titles include The Search for Andrew Field, Three Young Continentals, Tecumseh's Young Braves, The Boy Soldiers of 1812 and Scouting with Daniel Boone. He also wrote school-sports and boarding-school stories, and series such as the Ward Hill books. Many of these first appeared with publishers like Doubleday, Page and Houghton Mifflin. He also contributed to the juvenile magazine Youth's Companion. His fiction was valued in its day for its clean moral tone, brisk plotting and fairly careful use of historical detail. It was widely stocked in libraries and Sunday-school collections in the early twentieth century. The Pennant, from around 1912, belongs to the athletic and school-life side of his output. He died in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1931.
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