Flying Adventurers

Juvenile Aviation Series Books in America, 1909-1964

David K. Vaughan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

339 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8878-7 (ISBN)

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Examines the 375 juvenile aviation series titles published between 1909 and 1964. The book weaves together several thematic threads, including the placement of aviation narratives within the context of major historical events, technical accuracy in depictions of flying machines, and the ways in which characters reflected the culture of their eras.

Aviation books were a unique and prolific subgenre of American juvenile literature from the early to mid-20th century, drawing upon the nation's intensifying interest. The first books of this type, Harry L. Sayler's series Airship Boys, appeared shortly after the Wright brothers' first successful flight in 1909. Following Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic, popular series like Ted Scott and Andy Lane established the "golden age" of juvenile aviation literature.

This work examines the 375 juvenile aviation series titles published between 1909 and 1964. It weaves together several thematic threads, including the placement of aviation narratives within the context of major historical events, the technical accuracy in depictions of flying machines and the ways in which characters reflected the culture of their eras. Three appendices provide publication data for each series, a list of referenced aircraft and an annotated bibliography; there is a full index.

David K. Vaughan is a retired Air Force officer and educator. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Table of Contents

Preface

General Introduction

Part 1—Early Flight

Introduction

Harry L. Sayler’s Airship Boys Series

Ashton Lamar’s The Aeroplane Boys Series

Captain Wilbur Lawton’s Boy Aviators Series

Edward S. Ellis’ Flying Boys Series

Margaret Burnham’s Girl Aviators Series

Edith Van Dyne’s Flying Girls Series

John Luther Langworthy’s Bird Boys/Aeroplane Boys Series

James Otis’ Silver Fox Farm Series

Frank Walton’s Flying Machine Boys Series

Roy Rockwood’s Dave Dashaway Series

Part 2—World War I and After

Introduction

Horace Porter’s Our Young Aeroplane Scouts Series

Charles Amory Beach’s Air Service Boys Series

Laurence La Tourette Driggs’ Arnold Adair Series

Austin Bishop’s Bob Thorpe Sky Fighter Series

H.H. Arnold’s Bill Bruce Series

Captain Frank Cobb’s Aviator Series

Part 3—The Golden Age: Exploration and Adventure

Introduction

Franklin W. Dixon’s Ted Scott Series

John Prentice Langley’s Aviation Series

Noel Sainsbury’s Billy Smith Flying Ace Series

Eustace Adams’ Andy Lane Series

Keith Russell’s The Young Birdmen Series

Irving Crump’s Cloud Patrol Series

Eugene Martin’s Randy Starr Series

Richard H. Stone’s Slim Tyler Air Stories Series

L.P. Wyman’s Hunniwell Boys Series

E.J. Craine’s Airplane Boys Series

Part 4—The Golden Age: Girls’ Series

Introduction

Mildred Wirt’s Ruth Darrow Series

Edith Lavell’s Linda Carlton Series

Bess Moyers’ Girl Flyers Series

Harrison Bardwell’s Airplane Girls Series

Part 5—The Golden Age: Pilots as Professionals

Introduction

Ambrose Newcomb’s Sky Detective Series

Noel Sainsbury’s Bill Bolton Series

Dorothy Wayne’s Dorothy Dixon Series

Philip Lee Wright’s Air Pilot Series

Percy Keese Fitzhugh’s Mark Gilmore Series

Graham M. Dean’s Tim Murphy Series

Edwin Green’s Andy High Airship Series

Harris Patton’s Young Eagles Series

Van Powell’s Sky Scouts Series

Van Powell’s Call of the Clouds Series

Lewis Theiss’ Jimmy Donnelly Air Mail Series

Lewis Theiss’ Ginger Hale Series

Frederic Nelson Litten’s Johnny Caruthers Series

Howard M. Brier’s Barry Martin (Skycraft) Series

Part 6—The Golden Era: Military Fliers

Introduction

Thomson Burtis’ Russ Farrell, Airman Series

Thomson Burtis’ Rex Lee Aviation Series

Thomson Burtis’ Slim Evans Series

Covington Clarke’s Red McGee Series

Frederic Nelson Litten’s Jimmie Rhodes Series

Thomson Burtis’ Air Combat Series

Eustace Adams’ Air Combat Series

Blaine and Dupont Miller’s Bob Wakefield Series

Part 7—World War II

Introduction

Ted Copp’s Steve Knight Series

Lewis Theiss’ Criswell and Dewire Series

Robert Sidney Bowen’s Dave Dawson Series

Robert Sidney Bowen’s Red Randall Series

Al Avery’s Yankee Flier Series

Canfield Cook’s Lucky Terrell Series

Part 8—Flight Stewardess Series

Introduction

Patricia O’Malley’s Carol Rogers Series

Patricia O’Malley’s Caddy Palmer Series

Elisabeth Lansing’s Nancy Naylor Series

Margaret Hill’s Beth Dean Air Hostess Series

Helen Wells and Julie Tatham’s Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series

Part 9—Postwar and the Space Age Period

Introduction

Alan Gregg’s Reed Conroy Series

Milt Caniff’s Steve Canyon Series

Rutherford G. Montgomery’s Kent Barstow Series

Donald Wollheim’s Mike Mars Series

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Juvenile Aviation Series Titles

Appendix 2: List of Aircraft Mentioned in American Juvenile Aviation Series Books

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.02.2023
Zusatzinfo	50 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	603 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-8878-8 / 1476688788
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8878-7 / 9781476688787
Zustand	Neuware