Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, known as Hyatt Verrill, (23 of July, 1871 - 14 of November, 1954) was an American archaeologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and author. He was the son of Addison Emery Verrill

Addison Emery Verrill

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 (1839–1926), the first professor of zoology at Yale University

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Hyatt Verrill wrote on a wide variety of topics, including natural history, travel, radio and whaling. He participated in a number of archaeological expeditions to the West Indies, South, and Central America. He travelled extensively throughout the West Indies, and all of the Americas, North, Central and South. Theodore Roosevelt

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 stated: "It was my friend Verrill here, who really put the West Indies on the map.”

During 1896 he served as natural history editor of Webster's International Dictionary., and he illustrated many of his own writings as well. During 1902 Verrill invented the autochrome process of natural-color photography.

Among his writings are many science fiction works including twenty six published in Amazing Stories pulp magazines. Upon his death, P. Schuyler Miller

P. Schuyler Miller

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 noted that Verrill "was one of the most prolific and successful writers of our time," with 115 books to his credit as well as "articles in innumerable newspapers." Everett F. Bleiler

Everett F. Bleiler

Everett Franklin Bleiler was an editor, bibliographer, and scholar of science fiction, detective fiction, and fantasy literature. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he co-edited the first "year's best" series of science fiction anthologies, and his Checklist of Fantastic Literature has been called...

 described Verrill's "lost race" stories as "more literate than most of their competition, but stodgy."

When the Moon Ran Wild (1962) was published posthumously using the name Ray Ainsbury.

Works

1. A-B-C of Automobile Driving 1916
2. Along New England Shores
3. The Amateur Carpenter
4. Amazing Stories magazine stories (26 in various issues)
5. America's Ancient Civilizations
6. An American Crusoe : A Record of Remarkable Adventures on a Desert Island with Only a Jackknife
7. Barton's Mills : A Saga of the Maine Pioneers
8. Before the Conquerors: a Modern Adventure in the Land of the Incas
9. Book of Camping
10. Book of the Motor-Boat, The
11. The Book of the Sailboat: How to Rig, Sail and Handle Small Boats
12. Book of the West Indies, The
13. The Boy Adventurers in the Forbidden Land
14. The Boy Adventurers in the Land of the Monkey Men
15. The Boy Adventurers in The Land Of El Dorado
16. Boys Book of Buccaneers, The
17. Boys Book of Carpentry, The
18. Boys Book of Whalers
19. Boy Collector's Handbook, The
20. Boys Outdoor Vacation Book, The
21. Carib Gold
22. Cruise of the Cormorant
23. Cuba of Today
24. Cuba Past and Present
25. The Deep Sea Hunters Adventures on a Whaler 1922
26. Deep Sea Hunters in the Frozen Seas 1923
27. Deep Sea Hunters In The South Seas 1924
28. Fantastic Adventures, Volume 1, Number 1, May 1939 various stories
29. Foods America Gave the World
30. The Golden City, A Tale of Adventure in Unknown Guiana
31. Gasolene Engines Their operation, use and care
32. Great Conquerors of South and Central America
33. Harper's Aircraft Book, Why Aeroplanes Fly, How to Make Models, And All About Aircraft, Little and Big
34. Harper's Book for Young Gardeners
35. Harper's Book for Young Naturalists
36. Harper's Wireless Book/ How to Use Electricity in Telegraphing, Telephoning, and the Transmission of Power
37. The Heart of Old New England
38. How to Operate a Motor Car
39. In the Wake of the Buccaneers
40. The Inquisition
41. Islands & Their Mysteries
42. Isles of Spice and Palm
43. Jamaica of today
44. Jaunt Through Central Chile
45. Jungle Chums: A Story Of A Boy's Adventures In British Guiana
46. Knots, Splices and Rope Work
47. Lost Treasure: True Tales of Hidden Hoards
48. Love Stories Of Some Famous Pirates
49. Marooned in the Forest: The Story of a Primitive Fight for Life
50. Minerals, metals and gems; also, all rocks and stones, as well as ores, crystals, sands, clays and earths; something of their peculiarities, how they are formed, where they are found, how mined and what uses are made of them.
51. My Boat Trip Through the Guiana Wilderness (British Guiana) article 1916
52. My Jungle Trails
53. Ocean and its Mysteries, The
54. Old Civilizations in the New World
55. Our Indians: The Story of the Indians of The United States
56. Panama Of Today
57. Panama Past and Present
58. Pets for Pleasure and Profit
59. Perfumes and Spices: Including an Account of Soaps and Cosmetics
60. Porto Rico past and present and San Domingo of today
61. Radio Detectives
62. Radio Detectives in the Jungle
63. Radio Detectives Southward Bound
64. Radio Detectives under the Sea
65. Radio for Amateurs
66. Real Americans, The
67. Rivers and Their Mysteries
68. Romantic and historic Florida
69. Romantic and historic Maine (Maine Folk Tales)
70. Romantic and historic Virginia
71. The Savage Land
72. Secret Treasure: Hidden Riches of the British Isles - 1931
73. Shell collector's handbook.
74. Smugglers and Smuggling
75. South and Central American trade conditions of to day.
76. Strange animals and their stories. Animals in armor. The land of Marsupials. Topsyturvy creatures. Behemoths of Scripture. Giants who took to the sea. Camels of the Andes. The strangest animal of all.
77. Strange birds and their stories. Mysteries of bird life. Migrations. Nesting habits. Birds of beaches and deserts. Winged jewels. Clowns of birddom. Valuable birds. Bird law courts. Bird communists. Flightless birds
78. Strange creatures of the sea
79. Strange Customs, Manners, and Beliefs: A Remarkable Account of Curious Beliefs and Odd Superstitions, Strange Ways of Living, and Amazing Customs and
80. Strange Fish and Their Stories.
81. Strange Insects and Their Stories
82. Strange prehistoric animals and their stories...
83. Strange Reptiles And Their Stories
84. Strange Sea Shells and their stories. How they are made and grow. How they are colored and the patterns produced. Rare shells. Shells that build a raft. Shells that bore in rocks. Giant shells. The shell that sinks ships, etc., etc.
85. The American Indian; North, South and Central America
86. The Boy Adventurers in the land of El Dorado
87. The Bridge of Light
    The Bridge of Light
    The Bridge of Light is a science fiction novel by author A. Hyatt Verrill. It was originally published in the Fall 1929 edition of the magazine Amazing Stories Quarterly. It was subsequently republished in book form during 1950 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 2,556 copies.In all, A...
    
    
88. The deep sea hunters; adventures on a whaler
89. The heart of old New England
90. The Home Radio: Up to Date. How to Make and Use It
91. The Real Americans
92. The Real Story of the Pirate
93. The Strange Story of our Earth; a panorama of the growth of our planet as revealed by the sciences of geology and paleontology.
94. They Found Gold; the story of successful treasure hunts.
95. Thirty Years in the Jungle
96. The Trail of the Cloven Foot
97. Trail of the White Indians
98. The Treasure of Bloody Gut
99. Uncle Abner's Legacy
100. Under Peruvian Skies
101. Wonder Creatures of the Sea
102. Wonder Plants and Plant Wonders
103. The Young Collector's Handbook [What To Collect--Where To Find It. How To Have Fun With the Exciting Hobby Of Collecting]

External links

• Biography
• All of his science fiction stories, some full length books and many of his articles are at http://stillwoods.blogspot.com