The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice by Captain Wilbur Lawton
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November 2022
Originally published 1911
Fiction, young adult, Boys of World War I series
Author: Captain Wilbur Lawton
ePublished by
November 2022
Originally published 1911
Fiction, young adult, Boys of World War I series
Author: Captain Wilbur Lawton
This novel, written for young adults, is the first of six describing the adventures of Ned Strong and Herc Taylor, two rural farm boys, cousins, who decide to leave the farm owned by their parsimonious grandfather who raised them and run off to join the U. S. Navy in the period shortly before the United States decided to enter World War I (1914–1918), known as the “Great War.” The storyline of this first novel is about their decision to join the navy, their training, their experiences upon joining their first ship, some excitement involving foreign spies who are after U. S. technology, and finally some desperate heroics in a gun turret that earn them Medals of Honor.
“Captain Wilbur Lawton” is a pen name for John Henry Goldfrap (1879–1917), an English-born journalist and author of boys’ books who always wrote under pseudonyms.
“Captain Wilbur Lawton” is a pen name for John Henry Goldfrap (1879–1917), an English-born journalist and author of boys’ books who always wrote under pseudonyms.