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Dave Dawson #2
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F
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A sharp shower pattering on the foliage of the sycamores and elms was scattering the equestrians in the Row. Fair girls urged their hacks into a canter and trotted swiftly homewards. Other riders, glancing upwards, and deciding that the clouds had done their worst, drew up under the trees. Among these was a slight, graceful girl in a well-fitting habit with a pale, classic face, and the somewhat Venetian combination of dark brown eyes and red-gold hair. With a slight wave of her whip to her groom--who halted obediently under a neighbouring tree--she reined in her slender-limbed bay mare under a horse-chestnut tree whose shelter was still undemanded.
There she sat still in her saddle, with a slight frown--biting her lip--as she asked herself again and again, "Did he see me? Has he ridden out of the park?"
When she cantered along just as the shower began, she fancied she recognised an admirer she had believed to be far away, walking his horse in the same direction as herself. This was Lord Vansittart--a man who had several times repeated his offer of marriage--an offer she did not refuse because he had not stirred her heart--for she loved him, and passionately--but for other reasons. Although it had caused her bitter pain, she had at least been determined enough in her "No" to send him off, in dudgeon, to seek forgetfulness in other climes.
A sharp shower pattering on the foliage of the sycamores and elms was scattering the equestrians in the Row. Fair girls urged their hacks into a canter and trotted swiftly homewards. Other riders, glancing upwards, and deciding that the clouds had done their worst, drew up under the trees. Among these was a slight, graceful girl in a well-fitting habit with a pale, classic face, and the somewhat Venetian combination of dark brown eyes and red-gold hair. With a slight wave of her whip to her groom--who halted obediently under a neighbouring tree--she reined in her slender-limbed bay mare under a horse-chestnut tree whose shelter was still undemanded.
There she sat still in her saddle, with a slight frown--biting her lip--as she asked herself again and again, "Did he see me? Has he ridden out of the park?"
When she cantered along just as the shower began, she fancied she recognised an admirer she had believed to be far away, walking his horse in the same direction as herself. This was Lord Vansittart--a man who had several times repeated his offer of marriage--an offer she did not refuse because he had not stirred her heart--for she loved him, and passionately--but for other reasons. Although it had caused her bitter pain, she had at least been determined enough in her "No" to send him off, in dudgeon, to seek forgetfulness in other climes.
135 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1941
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R. Sidney Bowen
139 books10 followersRobert Sidney Bowen, Jr. (1900 – April 11, 1977) was a World War I aviator, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author who was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died of cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of 76. He is best known for his boys' series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. Robert Sidney Bowen wrote the Red Randall and Dave Dawson series under the name R. Sidney Bowen and other fiction (sports and westerns) under the pseudonym James Robert Richard.
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April 13, 2020
As a youngster growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, I read several books over and over. One of these books was Dave Dawson with the R.A.F. After finishing The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson, I decided to select as my next read Dave Dawson with the R.A.F. This book has sat on my bookshelf for decades.
I so enjoyed re-reading about Dave Dawson and his good friend, and fellow R.A.F. pilot, Freddy Farmer. It is an engaging story with some great characters.
In addition to re-reading this story, I was also interested in learning more about the author and the Saalfield Publishing Company of Akron, Ohio.
R. Sydney Bowen was an WWI aviator. This comes through in the writing. In addition, I learned that the library and archives of the Saalfield Publishing Company were purchased by Kent State University (my alma mater) in April of 1977.
It was fun to go back in time – to re-read this book after many years and to learn about the history of this book and others in this great series.
I so enjoyed re-reading about Dave Dawson and his good friend, and fellow R.A.F. pilot, Freddy Farmer. It is an engaging story with some great characters.
In addition to re-reading this story, I was also interested in learning more about the author and the Saalfield Publishing Company of Akron, Ohio.
R. Sydney Bowen was an WWI aviator. This comes through in the writing. In addition, I learned that the library and archives of the Saalfield Publishing Company were purchased by Kent State University (my alma mater) in April of 1977.
It was fun to go back in time – to re-read this book after many years and to learn about the history of this book and others in this great series.
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