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Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober

Children's Books

Victor Appleton

Literature & Fiction

Grosset and Dunlap

Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle (Classic Reprint)

Forgotten Books

Tom Swift and His Airship (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Tom Swift and His Airship Presently there was a hissing sound in the small frame building where the two were conduct ing an experiment which meant much to them. The hissing grew louder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters: Or Battling With Flames From the Air (Classic Reprint)

<p>With the help of his latest invention, a device that can atomize objects, send them great distances, and reassemble the atoms, Tom Swift, Jr., and his father locate a frozen mastodon and transport it to the United States.</p>

Tom Swift and the Galaxy Ghosts (The New Tom Swift, Jr., Adventures)

Classics

Grosset&Dunlap

Rescue Mission

Corgi Childrens

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Tom Swift and His Airship

Action & Adventure

BiblioLife

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG  -    -   "An electric locomotive that can make two miles a minute over a properly ballasted roadbed might not be an impossibility," said Mr. Barton Swift ruminatively. "It is one of those things that are coming," and he flashed his son, Tom Swift, a knowing smile. It had been a topic of conversation between them before the visitor from the West had been seated before the library fire and had sampled one of the elder Swift's good cigars.      "It is not only a future possibility," said the latter gentleman, shrugging his shoulders. "As far as the Hendrickton and Pas Alos Railroad Company goes, a two mile a minute gait - not alone on a level track but through the Pas Alos Range - is an immediate necessity. It's got to be done now, or our stock will be selling on the curb for about two cents a share."

Tom Swift And His Electric Locomotive

Tandem Library

In this sequel to Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, Tom Swift is invited by another inventor to help him with his airship. However, when they take off, and find themselves in the grip of a storm, their little jaunt turns downright dangerous. Can Tom Swift save the day? Perhaps, especially with his knowledge of that new technology - wireless telegraphy! This book is listed as being written by "Victor Appleton", but that is really a pseudonym. In truth, the Tom Swift books were the fruit of the collaboration of Howard R. Garis (1873-1962), author of the Uncle Wiggily books, and Edward T. Stratemeyer (1862-1930), author of the Bomba the Jungle Boy books and the Hardy Boys mysteries. Yep, that's quite a team. This is muscular fiction such as boys used to grow up on, filled with adventure, danger and bravery. Tom Swift himself is clean-cut, reverent and respectful, and the sort of boy that every parent in the country wished they could have. My one complaint is that the character of Eradicate Sampson is back, and is (at least in the original 1911 edition) just as much of a demeaning stereotype of African-Americans as before. Yes, I do realize that you can't expect modern thinking from people of yesteryear, but it was very disappointing. 

Tom Swift And His Wireless Message

The story opens with Tom complaining that life lacks adventure. It's been a while since they returned from Siberia, and a fresh Adrenaline fix is needed to take the edge off sitting around and reading books about faraway places. Tom wants to "go off in the jungle, fight wild beasts and escape from wild savages, all in the name of good fun." Tom's cravings are solved by the appearance of one Sam Preston, the owner of a large circus, who needs a new attraction for his side show. He has been informed of a place in the jungles of South America where a race of giants live. Sam's show "must have such a creature," and Tom is offered a princely sum to go procure one or two. Coincidently, the fellow previously sent on this quest by Preston has gone missing. Tom is tasked with either bringing him home or giving his remains a proper burial. To add insult to other natural hazards, a competitor in a rival circus, sics a generic bad-guy on Tom. He is to try and foil the plan and beat Our Hero to the prize. This guy is so bad, he is a wolf in priest's clothing. You can probably guess the outcome, but you'll have to read the story to be sure.

Tom Swift In Captivity

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