Dave Dashaway Around the World; Or, a Young Yankee Aviator Among Many Nations

It's 1913, and the sky still belongs to the brave. Dave Dashaway has earned his wings and his reputation, but nothing prepared him for this: a death-defying race around the world in his biplane the Comet, with his pals Hiram Dobbs and Elmer Brackett riding shotgun. A secret mission to find the fabled city of Lhasa drives Dave forward, but an old enemy named Vernon lurks somewhere in the shadows, plotting to sabotage their chances for good. From the skies above America to the frozen wilds of Siberia where wolves stalk their every move, the adventure hurtles forward with relentless momentum. The surprises don't stop at Lhasa's gates either. An isolated island holds one final twist that no one sees coming. Roy Rockwood wrote this for boys who dreamed of flight and ached for adventure, and nearly a century later, it still delivers that same raw, early-twentieth-century optimism, when the world seemed vast and the horizon was just another place waiting to be conquered.