Howard Pease (September 6, 1894–April 14, 1974) was an American writer of adventure stories from Stockton, California. Most of his stories revolved around a young protagonist, Joseph Todhunter ("Tod") Moran who shipped out on tramp freighters during the interwar (1919-1939) years.<br/>Bibliography: <br/>The Tattooed Man (1926) – "A fantastic cook adds to the excitement of Tod Moran's trip on a freighter from San Francisco to the Mediterranean" (from the series' dust jacket).<br/>The Jinx Ship (1927) – The tramp steamer Congo lives up to her sinister reputation when Tod Moran defies sailor superstition to ship as a wiper.<br/>Shanghai Passage (1929) – Mutiny, mystery, and revolution on a tramp steamer bound for the China coast. (Tod Moran Mystery)<br/>The Gypsy Caravan (1930) - Betty and Joe meet adventure while traveling with gypsies and meet Robin Hood, Richard the Lionhearted, Roland, and other legendary and historical figures along the way<br/>Secret Cargo (1931) - The Story of Larry Matthews and his dog Sambo,<br/>The Ship Without a Crew (1934) - Mystery in the South Pacific (Tod Moran Mystery)<br/>Wind in the Rigging (1935) - An Adventurous Voyage of Tod Moran on the Tramp Steamer "Sumatra" New York to North Africa<br/>Hurricane Weather (1936) - Tod Moran goes on a sailing vacation in the South Pacific, semi-sequel to The Ship Without a Crew<br/>Foghorns (1937) - A Story of the San Francisco Waterfront (Tod Moran Mystery)<br/>Captain Binnacle (1938) - Three children and an old sea captain put their imaginations to work for pretend adventures aboard the stranded vessel on which the sea captain makes his home<br/>Jungle River (1938) - Don Carter searches for his father in the jungle of New Guinea<br/>Highroad to Adventure (1939) - "What Happened to Tod Moran when he Traveled South into Old Mexico"<br/>Long Wharf (1939) - "A Story of Young San Francisco"<br/>The Black Tanker (1941) - "The Adventures of a Landlubber on the Ill-fated Last Voyage of the Oil Tank Steamer ZAMBORA" (A Tod Moran Mystery)<br/>Night Boat (1942) - A collection of Tod Moran short stories originally published in magazines.<br/>Thunderbolt House (1944) - A mystery set in San Francisco in 1905, semi-sequel to Long Wharf<br/>Heart of Danger (1946) - Tod Moran's adventures in Nazi occupied France.<br/>Bound for Singapore (1948)- "Being A True And Faithful Account Of The Making Of An Adventurer"<br/>Dark Adventure (1950)- Johnny Stevens gets amnesia while hitchhiking - minor-character overlap with Highroad to Adventure<br/>Captain of the Araby (1953) - Tod Moran returns to the South Pacific<br/>Shipwreck (1957) -"The Strange Adventures of Renny Mitchum, Mess Boy of the Trading Schooner SAMARANG"<br/>Mystery on Telegraph Hill (1961) - A Tod Moran Mystery set on the foggy hills of San Francisco