Han var en sjef for den amerikanske marinen, oppdagelsesreisende og forfatter.
Skrevne verk:
* Assistent. (New York:J.H. Sears, 1928)
* The Last Flight of Gunnery Officer Ross. (New York:H. Liveright, 1928)
* Rundt hornet i en yacht. (New York:Sears Pub., 1929)
* Dougherty's Raiders - The Last Cruise of the Raider "Wolf." (New York:Sears Pub. Co., 1929)
* Freaks; eller, Strange People. (New York:Sears Pub. Co., 1931)
* Verden på hjul. (New York:Grosset &Dunlap, 1931)
* The Windjammers. (Garden City, NY:Garden City Pub. Co., 1932)
* The Book of the Dead:Strange Things People Know About Death. (New York:D. Appleton-Century, 1933)
* Menn fra det blå vannet:Havet i fakta og fiksjon. (Garden City, NY:Garden City Pub. Co., 1936)
* Fra havets dyp:Den spennende historien om dykking og dykkere. (New York:Harcourt, Brace, 1936)
* Seks store historier om havet. (Garden City, NY:Blue ribbon books, 1936)
* Røm over Stillehavet. (Garden City, NY:Doubleday, Doran, 1938)
* Seaplane Solo:Trans-Atlantic Flight of Squadron Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd. (New York:Funk &Wagnalls, 1938)
* Utforskere av Stillehavet. (New York:Messner, 1941)
* Island Ships:The Adventures of Yachtsmen and Sailors in South Seas Waters. (New York:Sheridan house, 1941)
* Fra ekvator til polen:Vilhjalmur Stefanssons bemerkelsesverdige reiser og eventyr. (San Diego, CA:Howell-North bks., 1957)