The books were written by Victor Appleton, a house name used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

The remaining book, Don Sturdy In The Land Of Giants, or, Captives Of the Savage Patagonians (1930), was written by Howard Roger Garis.

Only two Don Sturdy titles were printed in Britain (the other being The Desert of Mystery).

Two British forms of The Big Snake Hunters are known to exist, both printed by The Children's Press.

[citation needed] The 15 books in the Don Sturdy series were originally published in the following order: Don Sturdy In the Tombs of Gold at Gutenberg [1]