Rocket Riders in the Air

The "Rocket Rider" series were only one of the many series of books the prolific Howard R. Garis (author of the "Uncle Wiggly" stories) penned in his lifetime. Among the few he wrote under his own name, the "Rocket Rider" books were the result of an interest in science that pervaded many of Garis' other series, such as the "Great Marvel" series (written as by Roy Rockwood) and "Tom Swift" (as by Victor Appleton). Although the "Rocket Rider" books reflected a growing interest in rocket-propulsion---inspired by the work of Max Valier---Garis invariably got the explanation of the rocket principle entirely wrong.