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Swift and Sure: The Story of a Hydroplane

by Herbert Strang

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About This Book

Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely (1866-1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867-1947). They specialized in writing adventure stories for boys. They were both staff members of Oxford University Press which published their books, giving them a patina of social status and approval for the parents of their intended audience. Round the World in Seven Days (1910) was one of their most popular books. Ely and L'Estrange have been classified as "popular writers of imperial fiction" and "successors of G. A. Henty." The pseudonym was also employed for several se...

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