Ernie Rydberg

Ernie Rydberg is Linda Adams' great uncle on her mother's side.  He published books and more than 400 short stories for young adults during the 1940's-1960's.  Below is a very incomplete list of his publications.

Books

1953: Bright Summer

1954: Sixteen is Special

1955: The Silver Fleet

1956: The Golden Window

1957: Conquer the Winds

1957: Sleep with the Devil (writing as Reed McCary)

1959: The Mystery in the Jeep

1964: The Day the Indians Came

1965: The Dark of the Cave

1969: The Yellow Line

1973: Footsy

1976: The Shadow Army (co-written with his wife, Louisa Hampton Rydberg)

Short Stories

1941: The Spite Fence, published in the anthology Stories of Americans at Work

1947: McGuire & Wimpy, Inc, published in The American Girl

1947: Unknown title, Judy's (Digest Magazine)

1950: The Message, A Country Gentlemen

1953: Caricature, published in The Children's Hour, Part II for Older Readers

1954: Caricature, Everygirls Mystery Stories

Plays

1944: Granville Bayse (co-author, producer, 3-action play)