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Tom Swift and His Airship

Victor Appleton

Book Overview: 

In Tom Swift and His Airship, Tom Swift has finished his latest invention- the Red Cloud, a fast and innovative airship. Tom is anxious for a cross-country trial, but just before he and his friends take off, the Shopton bank is robbed. No sooner is Tom in the air than he is blamed for the robbery. Suddenly, he's a wanted fugitive but doesn't know why until he's half-way across the country. With no safe harbor or friend on the land below, Tom must race back to Shopton to clear his name before he's shot out of the sky. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Gidap, Boomerang. See if yo' can break some mo' speed records now."

But the mule appeared to be satisfied with what he had done, and, as he rode off, Tom looked back to see the colored man laboring to get the sleepy, animal started.

The lad did not tell his father of the adventure with Morse, but he related the occurrence to Mr. Sharp.

"I'd like to get hold of that scoundrel, and the others in the gang!" exclaimed the balloonist. "I'd take him up in the airship, and drop him down into the lake. He's a bad man. So are the others. Wonder what they want around here?"

"That's what's puzzling me," admitted Tom. "I hope dad doesn't hear about them or he will be sure to worry; and maybe it will interfere with his new ideas."

"He hasn't told you yet what he's engaged in inventing; has he?"

"No, and I don't like to ask him. He said the other day, though, that it would rival our airship, but in a differ. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Eh

I believe this is the first Tom Swift book I've read; I read the Applewood facsimile edition, so all the original writing. I read plenty of series books as a kid growing up in the 1970s - the Hardy Boys and the Lone Ranger being the two major ones for me, and a few from the Bobbsey Twins and perhaps

I have read this book many, many times, and to this day it is still my favorite tom swift book in the series. The book starts with young inventor tom swift creating an airship in his laboratory and testing it. To test it, they decide to take a long trip across america, but after they leave, they are

An improvement over the first two books in the series as Tom had several travelling companions meaning that he monologued less often. As the hybrid blimp / airplane was something of an invention versus the motorcycle and motorboat of the first two novels where Tom was simply a mechanic.
The mystery /

After spending lots of time reading boy books written in the mid to late 1800s, I've finally continued my time travel experience to the early 1900s. The Tom Swift series is one of the earliest books in the Stratemeyer Syndicate (think The Bobbsey Twins Series, Hardy Boys Complete Series Set Books 1-

Our hero Tom Swift! in this epic story must take on... the local bullies!! (What? Really? Not ninjas? Not Nazis? Huh. Okay.) Can Tom Swift fly his air ship through bullets, fire and storm to clear his name!?!?!??!

Tom built an airship and finally caught the gang that has annoyed them the past 5 months. I like Tom Swift because he never gives up - he has lots of endurance

7 out of 10

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