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Through the Air to the North Pole Or, The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch
by Roy Rockwood
Chapters
30 totalCHAP. - I. DRIVEN FROM TOWN - II. THE RUNAWAY TRAIN - III. A STRANGE RESCUER - IV. THE AIRSHIP - V. A PLAN TO SEEK THE NORTH POLE - VI. AWAY IN THE AIRSHIP - VII. HELD BY ELECTRICITY - VIII. SURROUNDED BY EAGLES - IX. THE FROZEN NORTH REACHED - X. LOST IN AN ICE CAVE - XI. ATTACKED BY SEA LIONS - XII. A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE - XIII. FORWARD ONCE MORE - XIV. TOSSED BY A TORNADO - XV. PRISONERS OF THE ESQUIMAUX - XVI. THE STRANGE WOMAN AIDS - XVII. FIGHTING FOR THE SHIP - XVIII. NORTHWARD ONCE MORE - XIX. A BLINDING SNOWSTORM - XX. AT THE NORTH POLE? - XXI. LOST IN THE SNOW - XXII. MAGNETIC FIRE WORSHIPPERS - XXIII. A STRANGE SACRIFICE - XXIV. SAVED BY DIROLA - XXV. ADRIFT ON THE ICE - XXVI. FIGHTING WILD DOGS - XXVII. BACK TO THE SHIP - XXVIII. ATTACKED BY THE NATIVES - XXIX. THE ESCAPE - XXX. HOMEWARD BOUND - THROUGH THE AIR TO THE NORTH POLE. - CHAPTER I - DRIVEN FROM TOWN
CHAPTER II - THE RUNAWAY TRAIN
CHAPTER III - A STRANGE RESCUER
CHAPTER IV - THE AIRSHIP
CHAPTER V - A PLAN TO SEEK THE NORTH POLE
CHAPTER VI - AWAY IN THE AIRSHIP
CHAPTER VII - HELD BY ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER VIII - SURROUNDED BY EAGLES
CHAPTER IX - THE FROZEN NORTH REACHED
CHAPTER X - LOST IN AN ICE CAVE
Description
Two restless youths, Jack and Mark, have fled the oppressive streets of a tiny New York village after years of hard labor and harsh hands. Orphans and outcasts, they bond over shared loss and a yearning for freedom, setting off with only the clothes on their backs and a cheeky joke about calling the town “Closedport.” Their escape turns sudden when they hitch a ride on a runaway train that careens through the night, thrusting them into a world of clanking wheels and roaring steam.
Just as the train threatens disaster, a sleek, humming airship called the Electric Monarch swoops in, its captain offering a daring rescue. The boys are whisked aloft, leaving the tracks behind for an exhilarating ascent above clouds and soaring eagles. From that moment they join a crew bound for the frozen frontier, where mysteries of the North Pole beckon and every gust promises a new test of courage.
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Through the Air to the North Pole Or, The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch Or, The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (244K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2005-01-11
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Roy Rockwood
Behind this name was a whole publishing machine: a house pseudonym used for fast-moving boys' adventure stories packed with lost worlds, inventions, and jungle drama. The books helped shape early 20th-century series fiction, especially for young readers who loved cliffhangers and big imagination.
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