Roy Judson Snell (November 20, 1878 – September 21, 1959) was an American writer of fiction mainly for young readers.
[3] Jud and John found careers as a businessman and a United States Navy pilot respectively.
[3] Lucille, a concert pianist who had attended the New England Conservatory of Music, suffered from asthma, so the family vacationed in the north, at Hessel, Michigan, and then at Isle Royale.
[3] Here the family acquired a life-lease on a property at Tobin Harbor in Isle Royale National Park.
Snell would visit schools in Detroit and Des Moines, lecturing with colored slides showing life on Isle Royale.