Flying Adventurers - Vaughan, David K.

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Résumé :
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...

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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