Author: John Prentice Langley
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434465179
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Two young American aviators face new adventures in Africa.

Author: John Prentice Langley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Author: David K. Vaughan
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476648778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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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.

Author: Fred Erisman
Publisher: TCU Press
ISBN: 9780875653303
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Setting the stage : technology and the series book -- Birdmen and boys, 1905-1915 -- Aces and combat : World War I and after, 1915-1935 -- Interlude : Charles A. Lindbergh and Atlantic flight, 1927-1929 -- The golden age, I : the Lindbergh progeny, 1927-1939 -- The golden age, II : the air-minded society, 1930-1939 -- World War II and modern aviation, 1939-1945 -- Aftermath : a-bombs, rockets, and space flight, 1945-1950.

Author: Leo Nomis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781898697824
Category : Fighter pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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It's the story of one who helped change the course of history.

Author: Vicki Anderson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786418435
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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With their rakish characters, sensationalist plots, improbable adventures and objectionable language (like swell and golly), dime novels in their heyday were widely considered a threat to the morals of impressionable youth. Roundly criticized by church leaders and educators of the time, these short, quick-moving, pocket-sized publications were also, inevitably, wildly popular with readers of all ages. This work looks at the evolution of the dime novel and at the authors, publishers, illustrators, and subject matter of the genre. Also discussed are related types of children's literature, such as story papers, chapbooks, broadsides, serial books, pulp magazines, comic books and today's paperback books. The author shows how these works reveal much about early American life and thought and how they reflect cultural nationalism through their ideological teachings in personal morality and ethics, humanitarian reform and political thought. Overall, this book is a thoughtful consideration of the dime novel's contribution to the genre of children's literature. Eight appendices provide a wealth of information, offering an annotated bibliography of dime novels and listing series books, story paper periodicals, characters, authors and their pseudonyms, and more. A reference section, index and illustrations are all included.

Author: Charles Henry Lerrigo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Author: Ross Kay
Publisher:
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Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Author: PAUL G. TOMLINSON
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Ross Kay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Earl Platt, an American visiting England in the summer of 1914, finds out that his brother, Leon, has gone missing in France. On his way, he falls overboard, is rescued by a destroyer and encounters German sailors planting mines in the North Sea. Upon his arrival in Paris, he foils the plot of some saboteurs with the help of his friend, Lieutenant Garnold.