author
Harrison Bardwell
b. 1881
Best known for fast-moving aviation adventures for young readers, this early 20th-century writer built stories around daring girl pilots, mysteries, and the excitement of flight. The books have a lively, old-fashioned energy that reflects the era's fascination with airplanes.
1 Audiobook
The Mystery of Seal Islands
by Harrison Bardwell
About the author
Harrison Bardwell was an American author identified in library and book records as having been born in 1881. He is associated with adventure and mystery fiction for younger readers, especially aviation stories published around 1930 and 1931.
His best-known work appears to be the Airplane Girl series, which includes titles such as Roberta's Flying Courage, The Lurtiss Field Mystery, The Mystery Ship, and The Mystery of Seal Islands. Contemporary descriptions of the series emphasize a heroine named Roberta Langwell and focus on girl aviators, airborne danger, and mystery plots.
Very little biographical information seems to be readily available online beyond his birth year and book credits. Because of that, Bardwell is remembered mainly through his surviving books rather than through a well-documented personal history.