Harold L. Goodwin
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Harold Leland Goodwin (November 20, 1914 – February 18, 1990) was an American writer.
Biography and writing career[]
Known to his friends as Hal Goodwin, Goodwin wrote popular science books, mostly about space exploration, as Harold L. Goodwin, "Hal Goodwin" and "Harold Leland Goodwin". He also wrote children's books as Blake Savage (Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet) and John Blaine (the Rick Brant series).[1] In the latter case, he co-wrote (with Peter J. Harkins) the first three books in the series and wrote books 4 through 24 by himself.
In 1947, he wrote The Feathered Cape, a boy's adventure novel set in Hawaii. It was based on events leading up to the (1795) in the war for Hawaiian unification.
He had two sons, Chris and Derek, with whom he went boating on Chesapeake Bay.[2] He died from cardiac arrest.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "Spindrift Island". April 15, 2009. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ "The Flying Stingaree" is dedicated "To my sons, Chris and Derek, who have watched the stingarees from the sun deck of the cruising houseboat Spindrift".
- ^ Ap (February 23, 1990). "Harold Leland Goodwin, Author, 75". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/02/21/science-author-harold-goodwin-dies-at-age-75/482e0440-f07a-419a-a426-75fa516b3089/
External links[]
- Works by John Blaine at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Harold Leland Goodwin at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Harold L. Goodwin at Internet Archive
- Works by Harold L. Goodwin at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Harold L. Goodwin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Interview with Goodwin
- Harold L. Goodwin at Library of Congress Authorities, with 14 catalog records (under 'Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland), 1914–' without '1990', previous page of browse report)
- John Blaine at LC Authorities, with 23 records, and at WorldCat – joint pseudonym "later used solely by Harold Leland Goodwin"
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