Colonel George Durston was a fictional author created by the Saalfield Publishing Company, who was credited with the authorship of various American series books.

Durston is credited for the "Boy Scouts" series, 24 volumes originally published by Saalfield between 1912 and 1919. Ghostwriters for the series included Frederick Dey

Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey

Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey was an American dime novelist and pulp fiction writer.-Biography:He was born on February 10, 1861 in Watkins Glen, New York to David Peter Dey and Emma Brewster Sayre. He attended the Havana Academy, and later graduated from the Columbia Law School. He practiced law...

, J.W. Duffield, William A. Wolf, and Georgia Roberts Durston. Col. Durston was also credited with the Potter Brother books, which appeared in the six-book "Stars and Stripes" Series.