(1879-1917) UK-born US journalist – his family moved to America in 1894 and settled in California – and author of various series of adventures for boys, almost always featuring two or more chums. Goldfrap always wrote under Pseudonyms. His series – only some of sf interest – include the Ocean Wireless Boys; the Boy Aviator Series of Airplane Boys stories, of which one volume, The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, An Aerial Ivory Trail (1910), is a Lost Race tale involving a dying civilization of winged humans; and the Dreadnought Boys – all three of the foregoing series as by Captain Wilbur Lawton; the Boy Scouts and the Motor Cycle Chums, both as by Lieut. Howard Payson; the Motor Rangers as by Marvin West; the Bungalow Boys as Dexter J Forrester; and the Border Boys as by Freemont B Deering. Goldfrap's work lay well within the expectations of his publisher and his readers. The three series with some sf interest are listed below. [JC]

John Henry Alexander Goldfrap

born Bideford, Devon: April 1879

died New York: 21 November 1917

works

series

Boy Aviators

• The Boy Aviators in Nicaragua; Or, in League with the Insurgents (New York: Hurst and Company, 1910) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Boy Aviators: hb/]
• The Boy Aviators Treasure Quest; Or, The Golden Galleon (New York: Hurst and Company, 1910) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Boy Aviators: hb/]
• The Boy Aviators on Secret Service; Or, Working With Wireless (New York: Hurst and Company, 1910) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Boy Aviators: hb/]
• The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, An Aerial Ivory Trail (New York: Hurst and Company, 1910) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Boy Aviators: hb/]
• The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; Or, Facing Death in the Antarctic (New York: Hurst and Company, 1910) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Boy Aviators: hb/]
• The Boy Aviators in Record Flight; Or, The Rival Aeroplane (New York: Hurst and Company, 1910) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Boy Aviators: hb/]
• The Boy Aviators Flight for a Fortune (New York: Hurst and Company, 1912) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Boy Aviators: hb/]
• The Boy Aviators with the Air Raiders: A Story of the Great War (New York: Hurst and Company, 1915) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Boy Aviators: hb/]

Motor Rangers

• The Motor Rangers' Lost Mine (New York: Hurst and Company, 1911) as by Marvin West [Motor Rangers: hb/]
• The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras (New York: Hurst and Company, 1911) as by Marvin West [Motor Rangers: hb/]
• The Motor Rangers on Blue Water; Or, the Secret of the Derelict (New York: Hurst and Company, 1911) as by Marvin West [Motor Rangers: hb/]
• The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser (New York: Hurst and Company, 1912) as by Marvin West [Motor Rangers: hb/]
• The Motor Rangers Wireless Station (New York: Hurst and Company, 1913) as by Marvin West [Motor Rangers: hb/]
• The Motor Rangers Touring for the Trophy (New York: Hurst and Company, 1914) as by Marvin West [Motor Rangers: hb/]

Ocean Wireless Boys

• The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic (New York: Hurst and Company, 1914) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Ocean Wireless Boys: hb/]
• The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner (New York: Hurst and Company, 1914) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Ocean Wireless Boys: hb/]
• The Ocean Wireless Boys on Ice-Berg Patrol (New York: Hurst and Company, 1915) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Ocean Wireless Boys: hb/]
• The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code (New York: Hurst and Company, 1915) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Ocean Wireless Boys: hb/]
• The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Pacific (New York: Hurst and Company, 1916) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Ocean Wireless Boys: hb/]
• The Ocean Wireless Boys on War-Swept Seas (New York: Hurst and Company, 1917) as by Captain Wilbur Lawton [Ocean Wireless Boys: hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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