The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser

"The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser" by John Henry Goldfrap is an early 20th-century adventure story about a group of young friends called the Motor Rangers and their exciting journey across dangerous seas, focusing on their leader, Nat Trevor, and his pals, Joe Hartley and William "Ding-Dong" Bell, after they leave the Marquesas Islands. The story kicks off with the Rangers on their boat, the "Nomad", battling wild weather as they approach a strange island that isn't on any map. Nat's courage is tested when powerful currents drag them toward a risky passage between volcanic islands, and when Joe is dramatically washed overboard, Nat leaps into action for a daring rescue, foreshadowing more thrilling volcanic adventures to come and a whirlwind of other encounters for the trio's future.

John Henry Goldfrap was an English-born journalist and author of boys' books, participating in the "American series phenomenon". He always wrote under pseudonyms.