John Henry Goldfrap

The Boy Scouts on the Range (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Excerpt: ?Northward from Truxton, Arizona, the desert stretches a red-hot, sandy arm, the elbow of which crooks about several arid ranges of baked hills clothed with a scanty growth of chaparral. Across this sun-bitten solitude of sand and sage brush extend two parallel steel lines?the branch of the Southern Pacific which at Truxton takes a bold plunge into the white solitudes of the dry country. Scattered few and far between on the monotonous level are desert towns, overtopped by lofty water tanks, perched on steel towers, in the place of trees, and sun-baked like everything else in the great sandy. These isolated communities, the railroad serves. Twice a day, with the deliberate pace of the Gila Monster, a dusty train of three cars, drawn by a locomotive of obsolete pattern,?which has been not inaptly compared to a tailor's goose with a fire in it?makes its slow way.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 143
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783988260635
• Artikelnr.: 67440227

Autorenporträt

John Henry Goldfrap (1879-1917) was an English-born author and journalist, best known for his works of children's adventure fiction. After moving to the United States, Goldfrap worked for the Evening World and contributed to several San Francisco newspapers before relocating to New York in 1905. Goldfrap became prominent in the early 20th century as a writer of boys' adventure books, often contributing to the "American series phenomenon." He wrote under various pen names including Captain James Carson, Marvin West, Freemont B. Deering, and Captain Wilbur Lawton, among others. His most recognized works include the "Boy Scouts" series. Aside from his books, Goldfrap was also involved in writing movie scripts. Unfortunately, his life was cut short when he died of tuberculosis in 1917 at Seaside Hospital, Staten Island, leaving behind a widow. Despite his brief career, Goldfrap made significant contributions to the world of children's literature, creating stories filled with adventure and life lessons that still resonate with readers today.