Books with author Roy Rockwood

One in a series of boys' adventure stories, this book finds Mark and Jack enrolled in the Universal Electrical & Chemical College where they meet the inventor Santell Roumann. Santell has discovered a new fuel source called Etherium, and together the group builds a rocket ship and travel to Mars. This is an early science fiction novel that has triggered the interest of many young readers in science. Note to parents: Unfortunately, there is a recurring African-American character in this series, named Washington, whose description as an ignorant and comedic foil is now offensive: excellent way to begin a conversation on changes over the last 100 years. 248 pages.

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The Stratemeyer Syndicate used the pseudonym Roy Rockwood for many of their books written for young boys. The name is most noted for the adventure books Bomba the Jungle Boy and the Great Marvel series. Two of the highest-ranking students of the Universal Electrical and Chemical College, Jack Darrow and Mark Sampson, are world travelers. They have been to both poles and the center of the earth. The boys and their mentor have an opportunity to go on an expedition to Mars.

Excerpt from Lost on the Moon: Or in Quest of the Field of DiamondsAt that moment the door of the library, in which Jack and Mark were seated, was cautiously opened, and a black, woolly head was thrust in. Then two widely-opened eyes gazed at the boys.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.