Tom Swift and his airline express : or, From ocean to ocean by daylight

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Tom Swift and his airline express : or, From ocean to ocean by daylight

by Victor Appleton

EN·~4 hours·26 chapters

Chapters

26 total
1

CHAPTER I SOMETHING QUEER

11:22
2

CHAPTER II WAITING IN THE DARK

10:48
3

CHAPTER III MASKED MEN

9:30
4

CHAPTER IV A NIGHT OF WORRY

7:24
5

CHAPTER V A CRASH

10:26
6

CHAPTER VI AGAIN A PRISONER

10:26
7

CHAPTER VII THE PLOT

10:21
8

CHAPTER VIII MR. DAMON’S NEWS

7:47
9

CHAPTER IX KOKU’S ALARM

10:16
10

CHAPTER X TOM’S PLIGHT

11:44

Description

Tom Swift walks home across a summer meadow, marveling at the sprawling complex his family built—a foundry, mill, electrical shop, and hangars full of aircraft. He’s proud of the plant’s achievements and quietly rehearses a daring new scheme that could change his world, though he’s kept the details to himself. The evening sky deepens, and the glow of chimneys hints at the nonstop work that fuels his ambitions.

When night falls, Tom spots a lone figure slipping toward the fence, moving in a way that defies explanation. The plant’s alarm system should have sounded, yet the intruder vanishes without a trace, leaving Tom both uneasy and intrigued. Determined to protect his creation, he steps forward, ready to uncover whatever secret threatens his work—and perhaps to launch the bold venture he’s been planning.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (239K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1926.

Credits

Delphine Lettau, Cindy Beyer & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net

Release date

2024-01-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Victor Appleton

Victor Appleton

Best known as the name on the original Tom Swift adventures, this house pseudonym became a symbol of fast-paced invention, danger, and classic boys' adventure fiction. The books helped shape early 20th-century juvenile series storytelling and stayed popular for generations.

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