Books with title Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal

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 Adventure Series“Dave knew that he was letting his anger get the better of him, but he couldn't help himself.”- Robert Sydney Bowen, Dave Dawson on GuadalcanalA series of adventures during the WWII with Dave Dawson, a young pilot, the main character. Each Dave Dawson is packed with action, patriotism, and a historical fiction adventure set during WWII, perfect for middle grade and teen readers. Don't miss the full set of Dave Dawson books from Xist Publishing: Dave Dawson at Casablanca Dave Dawson at Dunkirk Dave Dawson at Truk Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal Dave Dawson on the Russian Front Dave Dawson with the Commandos Dave Dawson with the R.A.F.

Dave Dawson Adventure Series“Dave knew that he was letting his anger get the better of him, but he couldn't help himself.”- Robert Sydney Bowen, Dave Dawson on GuadalcanalA series of adventures during the WWII with Dave Dawson, a young pilot, the main character. Each Dave Dawson is packed with action, patriotism, and a historical fiction adventure set during WWII, perfect for middle grade and teen readers. Don't miss the full set of Dave Dawson books from Xist Publishing: Dave Dawson at Casablanca Dave Dawson at Dunkirk Dave Dawson at Truk Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal Dave Dawson on the Russian Front Dave Dawson with the Commandos Dave Dawson with the R.A.F.

A coming of age serial book for teenage and young adult boys situated during the World War II, led by the American hero, the soaring master, David Dawson.These are the books written by R. Sidney Bowen: Dave Dawson At Dunkirk; Dave Dawson With The R. A. F.; Dave Dawson In Libya; Dave Dawson On Convoy Patrol; Dave Dawson At Singapore; Dave Dawson With The Pacific Fleet; Dave Dawson With The Air Corps; Dave Dawson On The Russian Front; Dave Dawson Flight Lieutenant; Dave Dawson With The Commandos; Dave Dawson With The Flying Tigers; and Dave Dawson On Guadalcanal.These are the chapters included in Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal: Canceled Orders; Aces Don't Miss; Flight To Nowhere; Action Bound; Instructions For Eagles; Blind Eyes; Discovered?; Eagle's Eyes; Fate Is Fickle; Steel Sharks; Give And Take; Helpless Heroes; Haywire Nerves; Devil Eyes; Missing In Action; Luck Of The Doomed; Satan Laughs; Dead Wings; and Flight's End.Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr. was a WWI aeronaut, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and writer who was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is known mostly for his boys' serial books authored through WWII, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. He also wrote using the name R. Sidney Bowen and by making use of the pen name James Robert Richard.Robert focused himself into writing books by utilizing his success as editor-in-chief of Aviation Magazine to compose Flying From The Ground Up, a non-fiction work on how to take flight an airplane. He started working casually for pulp magazines. Then, he began his own pulp magazine, Dusty Ayres And His Battle Birds, for Popular Publications. 12 copies were issued, the first eleven issued monthly from July 1934 through July 1935, with more copies issued monthly. Robert remained to write mystery, adventure, sports, and aviation pulp magazines in his later life.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Listen to Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience. Featuring an American who volunteers for service in the British Royal Air Force, the Dave Dawson series of wartime action-adventure novels have remained a favorite of fans for decades. In this volume of the series, Dawson sees lots of aerial warfare action in the bitter conflict over Guadalcanal in the southwestern Pacific.

Dave Dawson embarks on a new adventure when he is sent to Guadacanal Island in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. Holding the strategic island is a key to protecting Australia and defeating the Japanese. Join Dave and his brave friends as they battle agile Zero fighters, Nazi u-boats and the Imperial Japanese Navy! Will the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Army hold Guadalcanal against determined Japanese opposition? Read this book and find out! Alacrity Press is proud to make this class fictional tale, Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal by Robert Sidney Bowen available once more to young readers.