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Percy F. Westerman (International) assertion Percy F. Westerman i(A16037 works by) (a.k.a. Percy Francis Westerman)
Born: Established: 18 May 1876 Portsmouth, Hampshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 22 Feb 1959 Dorset,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
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English author Percy Francis Westerman's stories were reprinted in Australian periodicals and at least one of his stories has an Australian setting.

Westerman was a prolific author of children's literature, many of his books being adventures with military themes. He is known to have published at least 174 books during his lifetime, all the more remarkable given that the first was published when he was 31 years old. Westerman was once voted the most popular author of stories for boys in the 1930s. His books sold over one and a half million copies in his lifetime. He served in the British Navy and Royal Flying Corps during World War I and in the Dorset Home Guard during the Second World War.

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