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Books with author Robert Sidney Bowen

  • Dave Dawson With The Air Corps

    R. Sidney Bowen

    eBook (, May 20, 2016)
    In the 8th book of the series, pilot Dave Dawson continues his adventures fighting the axis powers on all fronts, this time with the Army Air Corps.
  • Dave Dawson with the Commandos

    R. Sidney Bowen

    Hardcover (The Saalfield Publishing Company, Aug. 16, 1942)
    The exciting and true to fact adventures in the "present" war of the 17 year old American Dave Dawson and his 16 year old English friend Freddy Farmer. Written by a former R.A.F. flyer who is an expert both in story telling and in aviation, technical and military matters, these thrilling action stories are full of accurate information and are educational and instructive.
  • Dave Dawson with the Pacific Fleet

    R Sidney Bowen

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 24, 2015)
    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.
  • Dave Dawson at Casablanca

    R. Sidney Bowen

    Hardcover (The Saalfield Publishing Company, Aug. 16, 1944)
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  • Dave Dawson with the Air Corps

    R Sidney Bowen

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Aug. 17, 2017)
    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.
  • Red Randall on Active Duty

    Robert Sidney (R.) Bowen, Frontis

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, March 15, 1944)
    OUR DUST JACKET SAME AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN AND IS INTACT WITH SOME SCUFFING AND CHIPPING AT EDGES. BOOK HAS GREEN BOARDS WITH BLACK PRINTING. SMALL BLACKED OUT AREA ON FIRST PAGE. DECORATIVE PAPER LINING INSIDE COVERS AND ON FIRST/LAST PAGES. PAGES HAVE HEAVY TANNING, BUT NO MARKING OR WRITING NOTED IN BOOK. MUSTY ODOR.
  • Red Randall at Pearl Harbor

    Robert Sidney (R.) Bowen, Frontis

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, March 15, 1944)
    None
  • Dave Dawson at Dunkirk

    R. Sidney Bowen

    Hardcover (Crown Publishers, Aug. 16, 1941)
    252 pages, boys novel of life in the trenches at Dunkirk during World War I
  • Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers

    R. Sidney Bowen

    Hardcover (Saalfield, Aug. 16, 1943)
    DUST JACKET IS IN ROUGH CONDITION-THERE IS TAPING AT FRONT COVER/SPINE. OUR BOOK HAS THE SAME COLOR BOARDS AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. 1945 COPYRIGHT BY CROWN. BINDING HAS SPLIT INSIDE FRONT & BACK COVERS, BUT ALL PAGES INTACT. AGE RELATED BROWNING & SOME DISCOLORATION OF PAGES. NO MARKING OR WRITING FOUND WITHIN BOOK. THERE IS A MUSTY ODOR.
  • DAVE DAWSON With The AIR CORPS. Dave Dawson Series #8.

    R. Sidney. Bowen

    Hardcover (Crown, Aug. 16, 1942)
    DAVE DAWSON WITH THE AIR CORPS- R. Sidney Bowen- Saalfield Publishing Co.- NY- 1942- Hardcover:- VG++/VG+- nicks on the edges of dj otherwise complete and still nice.- 251pp + 1pp preview of next book 'Dave Dawson With The Commandos'- pages are toned as per WWII cheap paper, but they are clean, NOT brittle, no writing or tears.-PO name on ffep- original publishers maroon boards with black titles on spine and cover + cameo picture of Dawson in black on cover- "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-" A real hard to find this nice copy!- KP-BK002987 (967)
  • Dave Dawson in Singapore

    R. Sidney Bowen

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 28, 2016)
    The Dave Dawson War Adventure Series encompasses 15 novels about young Dave Dawson, just our of high school and following his father to Europe at the start of the conflict that would become World War 2. After befriending a young English lad, Freddy Farmer, the two teens find themselves fighting along side the brave British troops determined to keep the Nazis from ever setting foot on English soil. Through the series they do not age but do travel around a lot taking part in such operations ad Dunkirk, Guadalcanal and Truk Island. They distinguish themselves as they fly and shoot down the enemy whether they are on European soil, in the Pacific or even at home where Nazi infiltrators are bent on wrecking havoc. The two lads make a name for themselves, form an unbreakable friendship, and fight against the odds. overcoming them at the very last moment. As with many series for young boys, the themes are built around patriotism and bravery, friendship and loyalty. And, while some of the references might seem rude or racist, they were products of the time in which they were authored. That author, Robert Sidney Bowen, was an American teenager when he flew for the Royal Air Force during World War 1. He became a journalist and author starting at the end of the war in England and later in Chicago. He was responsible for at least three series of adventures for boys plus numerous individual books built around his love of sports. He was active from 1930 (at the age of 20) until his final book, Hot Rod Doom, in 1973, just six years before his death. Millions of his books were sold when first published or republished and some are still available today as used books and as new publications, however many of these new releases have been edited for spelling mistakes and errors in typesetting, plus many do not include any of the original cover art. Thackery Fox & Associates is proud to offer these low-cost editions using scanned text mostly from first editions that—for historical reasons—include all the typesetting mistakes and strange spellings of the day that seem wrong to us now.
  • Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal

    R. Sidney Bowen

    Hardcover (Crown Publishers, Inc., Aug. 16, 1943)
    These were written for children during WWII. They are stylized, certainly, but they encompass a great deal of adventure and history and I LOVED reading them when I was young, as did my father did when they first came out. ( Amazon customer).