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The Search for the Lost Flyers, or Ted Scott Over the West Indies, was written by F. W. Dixon(i.e. Leslie McFarlan). And it's dedicated, as with all the Ted Scott stories, to the heroes of the air. Ted's friend, Mr. Monet, heads to the West Indies to pick up his Niece, Nina, who's father died. On the way, he plans to look for a treasure Nina's Father insists was on an island with a cross-shaped grove of palm trees. He sets out in his plane, The Blue Gull, with his pilot companion Tom Ralston, but when they disappear in the Indie's, Ted and his friend, Walter Hapworth set out to find them....

Vintage boys' aviation series book.

This is a collectible book from the "Ted Scott Flying Stories" series created by Franklin W. Dixon.

1929 Ted Scott aviation adventure by Franklin Dixon. Ted Scott is who every young boy wanted to be. Flying was his life and his adventures was every boys dream.

Edward L. Stratemeyer was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction, and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies. He also created many well-known fictional book series for juveniles, including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, many of which sold millions of copies and remain in publication. On Stratemeyer's legacy, Fortune "As oil had its Rockefeller, literature had its Stratemeyer."

Hardcover with no DJ. Very clean book no writing. Pages tanning. Outside of book color in tan. Some marks on front cover. Otherwise great book.

1930 Through the Air to Alaska is another one of the books in the series by Franklin Dixon. Each book in this series is an adventure in aviation. and captures the heart of every boy who has dreamt of flying.

Slight corner bumping on covers. Very small tears at spine tip with 3/4" tear at bottom spine tip. Binding is tight. 7.5x5.25 with 216 pp. one page of ads.

This book is from the collection of the "Ted Scott Flying Stories" by Franklin W. Dixon.

Franklin W. Dixon. Castaways of the Stratosphere, or Hunting the Vanished Balloonists. Ted Scott Flying Stories. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, \[1935\]. Octavo. 216 pages. Illustrated by Clemens Gretta. Publisher's pictorial light brown cloth and dust jacket with 50¢ price.

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