Cleared for Action!: Four Tales of the Sea (Bethlehem Budget Books) [Paperback]

Stephen W. Meader (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Bethlehem Books (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883937558
• ISBN-13: 978-1883937553
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,114,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Introduction to terrific author, October 18, 2005

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R. Rowan (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cleared for Action!: Four Tales of the Sea (Bethlehem Budget Books) (Paperback)

Stephen W. Meader (1892-1977) published 44 books for children, the first 26 while working full-time in advertising and raising a family. His novels cover much of American history, both in time and place, from Alaska to the Gulf, from colonial days to the jet age. His stories are realistic, imaginative, and exciting.

Meader's work was popular during his lifetime, but more recently, his books fell out of print and were hard to find. Bethlehem Books brought back these four nautical adventures in one inexpensive volume. "Cleared for Action!" contains Clear for Action (War of 1812), Whaler `Round the Horn (1830s), Voyage of the Javelin (1850s), and Phantom of the Blockade (Civil War).

Southern Skies, a small publishing house, is making Stephen Meader's novels available for new generations of readers. To date, they have 11 titles ($20 paperback, $35 hardcover), and plan to reprint all 44.

Now we need another enterprising publisher to resurrect Meader's contemporary master storytellers, Howard Pease and Ronald Welch. I can dream, can't I?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back to my boyhood, September 13, 2008

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D. Butler "DHButler" (Danvers ,Ma.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cleared for Action!: Four Tales of the Sea (Bethlehem Budget Books) (Paperback)

I read Stephen Meader When I was in Jr High School and rediscovered him now that I am retired and have more time to read for enjoyment.a great short story writer.