Books with author R. Sidney Bowen

Description: Copyright 1942, hardcover, 251 pages. SYNOPSIS: "The Dave Dawson aviation stories were classics of the WWII era. American Dave Dawson with his English pal Freddy Farmer roamed the skies throughout the world defeating the evil forces of Germany, Italy and Japan. In this novel they trail the unknown villain, then on a small Caribbean island, Dave and Freddy come face to face with the Nazi and his colleagues." CONDITION: Corners are bent, front has angle crease, small price on front flyleaf, hinges have loosened exposing netted cloth. Pages are browned. No loose pages.

Dave Dawson at Dunkirk marks the very beginning of Robert Sidney Bowen's classic series of World War II adventure stories for boys. Published in 1941, barely a year after the disastrous Allied retreat at Dunkirk, this novel struck a chord among members of the American and British public, selling extraordinarily well in paperback form. We join the protagonist Dave Dawson, who must escape the German war machine against all odds during what is arguably the most chaotic retreat in the history of warfare. The success of his premier fiction led Bowen to produce no fewer than fourteen sequels, all of which starred his gallant, brave and courageous hero Dave Dawson. Dawson himself mirrors his creator (a former RAF pilot in World War One) with the prolific adventures and successes he enjoys in a variety of locations during the Second World War. Today the Dave Dawson series remains quite popular, in part for their readability and the memories they gave to the wartime generation of youngsters who enjoyed them. This edition is presented unabridged and complete.

Dave Dawson is on another adventure to take down the Nazis and restore freedom to Europe. This time he fights alongside the elite forces of the commandos. Join Dave as he pilots a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter and outwits hapless Nazis when he is captured. Alacrity Press is proud to make this class fictional tale, Dave Dawson With the Commandos by Robert Sidney Bowen available once more to young readers.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Very much like a little boy who is seeing his first Christmas tree, Freddy Farmer stared pop-eyed out the Clipper's lounge window and down at the man-made magic that was New York City. For a full five minutes he had been gaping at the sight, not moving a muscle, not making a sound, and practically holding his breath all of the time. At his side and with an arm thrown across the English-born R.A.F. ace's shoulders was Dave Dawson, grinning from ear to ear, and getting the kick of his life out of the spell that a first look at Gotham had cast upon his bosom pal, and hard-hitting flying partner.Finally he couldn't wait any longer to hear what Freddy had to say."Well?" he encouraged."Well, what?" Freddy murmured in little more than a whisper."What do you think of the old town, huh?" Dave asked with a happy chuckle.The English youth blinked, swallowed hard, and gave a little uncertain shake of his head."Unbelievable, incredible!" he finally got out. "Are—are those really buildings down there? The New York skyscrapers I've heard so much about?"By way of making his question clear, Freddy pointed at the towering heaps of stone that formed the Wall Street and midtown sections of the city. Dave squinted down and grunted."Those little shacks?" he echoed. "Why, those are just the little huts where the poor people live. Wait until you see the real buildings. How high are we, anyway? Hope the pilot of this thing stays over three thousand feet. Be tough to smack into a skyscraper, you know."Freddy Farmer snorted and dug an elbow into Dawson's ribs."Oh, come off it, funny lad!" he snapped. "That one wasn't even worth a quiet smile. Point out some of the buildings, will you? The Empire State Building. Where is it, anyway?"

Bowen turned to writing in 1930, using his prestige as editor-in-chief of Aviation Magazine to write Flying From The Ground Up, a non-fiction work on how to fly an airplane. He began freelancing for pulp magazines. In 1934, he started his own pulp magazine, Dusty Ayres And His Battle Birds, for Popular Publications. Twelve issues were released, the first eleven published monthly from July 1934 through July 1935, with most issues released monthly. Bowen continued writing for mystery, adventure, sports, and aviation pulp magazines through the 1950s. After the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 sparked World War II, Crown Publishers called Bowen, asking for an adventure story based on the war. The Dave Dawson series , also known as the War Adventure series, was the result. Bowen got to work immediately, and the first book, Dave Dawson At Dunkirk, was published in 1941. A total of 15 volumes were released between 1941 and 1946.