Frank Reade.鈥楩rank Reade. Jnr with his new steam man in no man's land'. A steam-powered robot pulling a caged on wheels. Outlaws attacking the transport. An early example of 鈥榮teampunk'. Frank Reade was the protaganist of a series of dime novels published primarily for boys. Some featured the son of Frank Reade; Frank Reade Jr. as its teenaged inventor-hero. These stories were written by Luis P. Senarens (1865-1939) with the pseudonym "Noname".Aldine Publishing Co.: London; [1894-1906.].From: Frank Reade; The Aldine Romance of Invention; Travel; and Adventure Library.012612. h part 2 front pageLondon; British Library.