R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894)

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1. R. M. Ballantyne

   Author of The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, The Dog Crusoe: A Tale of the Western Plains (R. M. Ballantyne), My Doggie and I

2. G. A. Henty

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4. John Buchan

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5. Arthur Ransome

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6. Martha Finley

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7. Robert Louis Stevenson

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8. Susan Coolidge

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9. Tracy M. Leininger

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10. Rudyard Kipling

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11. Diana Kleyn

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12. Frederick Marryat

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13. Rosemary Sutcliff

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14. Ralph Bouma

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18. Sir Walter Scott

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19. Flora Thompson

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20. John Meade Falkner

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