Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Appleton, Victor.
Catalogue synopsis
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"Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails" by Victor Appleton is a novel published as Volume 25 in the original Tom Swift series. When railroad president Richard Bartholomew faces bankruptcy, he contracts Tom Swift to build a revolutionary electric locomotive capable of reaching 120 miles per hour. But the ruthless owner of a competing railroad will stop at nothing to sabotage the project. Tom and his friends face hired thugs and life-threatening attacks as they race to complete the massive Hercules 0001 locomotive.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails
- Author credits: Appleton, Victor
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction
- Electric railroads -- Juvenile fiction
- Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: Adventure
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Novels
- Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
- Children's Book Series
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