Gaillard, Stephen
Entry updated 9 December 2024. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of A L Peticolas (1872-1948), US telephone worker – with Chicago Bell circa 1915 – editor and author. His only publication seems to be The Pirates of the Sky: A Tale of Modern Adventure (1915), a competent Young Adult tale in which an intrepid pilot and a resourceful newspaper reporter track down and are instrumental in defeating an anarchist conspiracy whose plans hint at the Pax Aeronautica. Utilizing a giant armoured black hovercraft with a 200 foot wingspan to devastate the Cities of America – a goal they partially accomplish – the conspirators plan to rule the world, after robbing it blind. Unfortunately for them, the usual volcano destroys their tropical redoubt. [JC]
Arthur Louis Peticolas
born Lockhart, Texas: 16 January 1872
died Chicago, Illinois: 14 March 1948
works
- The Pirates of the Sky: A Tale of Modern Adventure (Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally and Company, 1915) [hb/Leon D'Emo]
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