Tom Swift in Captivity, Or, A Daring Escape By Airship

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Tom Swift in Captivity, Or, A Daring Escape By Airship

by Victor Appleton

EN·~4 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total
1

Chapter I A Strange Request

11:28
2

Chapter II The Circus Man

10:15
3

Chapter III Tom Will Go

8:54
4

Chapter IV "Look Out for my Rival!"

10:23
5

Chapter V Andy Foger Learns Something

12:23
6

Chapter VI Alarming News

9:11
7

Chapter VII Fire On Board

11:54
8

Chapter VIII A Narrow Escape

8:53
9

Chapter IX "Forward March!"

9:50
10

Chapter X A Wild Horse Stampede

9:57

Description

Tom Swift is a teenage inventor whose workshop is always humming with new ideas. After recent daring exploits in far‑off lands, he craves a simpler thrill—just a quick flight to clear his head. He convinces his best friend Ned Newton to join him for a short jaunt in his sleek, double‑seated monoplane, the Lark, freshly tuned with a platinum‑enhanced magneto. With their trusted mechanic Rad handling the fuel, the two lift off, hopeful for a carefree glide over the countryside.

But the sky soon turns ominous when a sudden storm forces them down onto an uncharted plateau, where a mysterious group seizes the aircraft. Trapped and far from home, Tom must rely on his ingenuity and the very inventions that brought them aloft to devise a daring escape. The tension builds as the young inventor races against time, turning the Lark into a lifeline in a hostile environment.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (236K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by This e-text was produced by Greg Weeks, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Release date

2003-11-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Victor Appleton

Victor Appleton

Best known as the name behind the original Tom Swift adventures, this byline belongs to one of the classic house pseudonyms of American children’s fiction. It became shorthand for fast-moving stories full of gadgets, experiments, and bright ideas.

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