Red Randall at Pearl Harbor

Red Randall #1

by R. Sidney Bowen

Red Randall was in Hawaii on that fateful morning of December 7, 1941, when the Japanese struck their treacherous blow. The son of an Army Air Force Colonel, Red was determined to be an Army pilot himself. But, when the war came, he was thrown into a series of exciting events that permitted him to serve his country much sooner than he had hoped.

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1944

About the author

Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr. (1900 – April 11, 1977) was a World War I aviator, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author who was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died of cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of 76. He is best known for his boys' series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. Robert Sidney Bowen wrote the Red Randall and Dave Dawson series under the name R. Sidney Bowen and other fiction (sports and westerns) under the pseudonym James Robert Richard.

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book very much. Not plausible in some places (an Army colonel would never share military concerns with an 18-year-old) but without those implausible moments there'd be no story.

I'll be reading the next book soon.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found an ancient copy at an antique store and couldn’t resist snatching it up. Read it aloud to the kids and they were loving the action. It was a breath of fresh air to read about true patriotism and young men courageously doing what was right. I don’t know the accuracy of the specific events but reading from the perspective of someone who lived in those days was incredibly fascinating.

[Steve Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

Racist, corny, jingoistic, and full of revisionist history. This book was somewhat reflective of its time.

Bowen either did minimal research for this work or cared not a whit for historical accuracy.