BLAINE, John
[209] pp.
Grosset & Dunlap
Publication year coincides w/ Stairway To Danger last title listed on front flap
1947
7 5/8" x 5 1/4"
In good condition. Some scuffing at the edges of book. Pages are all clean. Some marking on the inside front cover and name of owner on second page.
The Rocket's Shadow is the first book in a series of 24 adventure and mystery novels. It was written by John Blaine, a pseudonym for authors Harold L. Goodwin and Peter J. Harkins. It was published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1947. The storyline of the series features teenaged Rick Brant and his former-Marine pal, Don "Scotty" Scott, who live on Spindrift Island, off the coast of New Jersey, where Rick's father, Hartson Brant, heads the Spindrift Foundation, a group of scientists. Throughout the series, Rick and Scotty are involved in various adventures at home and abroad. In The Rocket's Shadow, the first book of the series, Rick meets Scotty and investigates the sabotage of the Spindrift Foundation's experimental moon rocket.
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