In Dave Porter at Star Ranch, we are entertained when Dave and two of his school friends from Oak Hall spend a summer at Star Ranch in Montana. Their journey westward is full of incidents and their days at the ranch are taken up with hunting, riding, a chase after thieves, and other adventures which will keep the reader turning the pages.
Edward Stratemeyer wrote more than 1,300 books himself, selling over 500 million copies. In addition to 10 Dave Porter books, Stratemeyer wrote seven series of mostly a military nature. He also created Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Rover Boys, The Dana Boys, Bomba the Jungle Boy, and Tom Swift. He wrote under seven pen names and employed a number of ghost writers for whom he wrote plot outlines. The "Stratemeyer Syndicate" was a large organization and controlled a number of publishers.