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John Henry Goldfrap
1879–1917
Best known for fast-paced boys' adventure series about aviators, scouts, and wireless operators, this prolific writer helped shape early 20th-century popular fiction. He also worked as a journalist and used several pen names, leaving behind a surprisingly varied career in a short life.
32 Audiobooks
The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts at the Canadian Border
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Border Boys with the Texas Rangers
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Dreadnought Boys' World Cruise
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Border Boys Along the St. Lawrence
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest; Or, The Golden Galleon
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Border Boys Across the Frontier
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Dreadnought Boys Aboard a Destroyer
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Dreadnought Boys in Home Waters
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Border Boys with the Mexican Rangers
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts on the Range
by John Henry Goldfrap
The ocean wireless boys of the iceberg patrol
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Bungalow Boys North of Fifty-Three
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Bungalow Boys Along the Yukon
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Aviators in Nicaragua; or, In League with the Insurgents
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Aviators with the Air Raiders: A Story of the Great World War
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Aviators on Secret Service; Or, Working with Wireless
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts and the Army Airship
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Bungalow Boys in the Great Northwest
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Bungalow Boys on the Great Lakes
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas
by John Henry Goldfrap
The Boy Scouts on the Range
by John Henry Goldfrap
About the author
Born in England in 1879, John Henry Goldfrap built his career in the United States as a journalist before becoming a prolific author of boys' series fiction. He worked first for newspapers in San Francisco and later moved to New York in 1905, where he joined the staff of the Evening World.
Goldfrap wrote under a range of pseudonyms, including Captain Wilbur Lawton, Howard Payson, Marvin West, Freemont B. Deering, and Dexter J. Forrester. Under those names he produced popular adventure series such as The Boy Aviators, The Dreadnought Boys, The Ocean Wireless Boys, The Boy Scouts, The Motor Cycle Chums, The Motor Rangers, The Bungalow Boys, and The Border Boys. He also wrote movie scripts, showing how easily he moved between print and early screen storytelling.
He died on November 21, 1917, of tuberculosis at Seaside Hospital on Staten Island. Even though his name was often hidden behind pen names, his stories reached a wide young readership and remain part of the lively world of early series books.