Editing Doctor Syn (section)

==Publication history==
The Dr. Syn books detail his adventures and attempts to help the people of Dymchurch and the surrounding area evade the Excise tax. There are seven novels in the series:
* ''[[Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Doctor Syn on the High Seas]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Doctor Syn Returns]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Further Adventures of Doctor Syn]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Shadow of Doctor Syn]]'' (1944)

Note: the "first" book, ''Doctor Syn'', is actually the final story chronologically; the others proceed in published sequence.

An expanded version of ''Doctor Syn Returns'' titled ''The Scarecrow Rides'' was published for the U.S. market by [[The Dial Press]] in 1935; years later in 2013 it was re-printed in paperback by Black Curtain Press. ({{ISBN|978-1627554459}}).

In 1960, American author William Buchanan reworked Thorndike's ''Further Adventures of Doctor Syn'' under the title ''Christopher Syn'' (New York, Abelard Schuman), giving Thorndike co-authorship credit; this version provides a different conclusion and some conflation, renaming and even removal of the supporting characters. ''Christopher Syn'' became the basis for the 1962 Disney production; there was also a novelization of the Disney theatrical version titled ''Doctor Syn, Alias the Scarecrow'' written by Vic Crume.