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R. A. H. (Robert Arthur Hanson) Goodyear
Best known for lively school stories and adventure tales, this Yorkshire writer built a long career entertaining young readers with friendship, rivalry, sport, and brisk plotting. He started astonishingly early, publishing as a teenager and going on to produce dozens of books.
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Forge of Foxenby
by R. A. H. (Robert Arthur Hanson) Goodyear
About the author
Robert Arthur Hanson Goodyear, usually published as R. A. H. Goodyear, was an English author of children's fiction, especially stories set in boys' schools. He was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, in 1877 and is remembered for energetic, character-driven tales that mixed school life with competition, loyalty, and adventure.
According to his Wikipedia biography, he was educated at Holgate School in Barnsley and was published while still very young: at about seventeen, he sent a serial called The Football Rivals to The Boy's Friend, helping launch a writing career that lasted for decades. His books include titles such as The Captain and the Kings and The Boys of Castle Cliff School, and catalog listings suggest he produced a large body of work between the 1920s and 1930s.
Goodyear died on November 24, 1948. Although he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, his fiction still has appeal for readers who enjoy classic British school stories with plenty of momentum and heart.