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.

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Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung

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Grosset&Dunlap

Rescue Mission

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Tom Swift and His Airship

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Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle

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Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

Tom Swift in Captivity

Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders

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

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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

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Tom Swift and His Airship (Classic Reprint)

Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung

Rescue Mission

Tom Swift and His Airship

Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle

Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

Tom Swift in Captivity

Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive

Tom Swift and His Wireless Message