Description
Book Synopsis 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; th
Table of Contents
- 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
