Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
or: ''The Quickest Flight on Record''
by Victor Appleton
- 3 Want to read
Tom Swift is the hero of five series of books. The genre is science fiction and adventure. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer to emphasize science, invention and technology. Most of the books were ghost-written under the name Victor Appleton. The series began in 1910, and continues until today. In this book, Tom Swift enters an air race with a $10, 000 prize.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Subjects
Victor Appleton, American, Children, Children's, Kid's, YA, Young Adult, Juvenile, Series, Fiction, Fantasy, Classic, Literature, Books, Novels, Hardcover, Paperback, e-books, Pulp Fiction, Boys, Vintage Series, Adventure stories, Aviation, Aeronautics, Inventions, Creative minds, Swift, tom (fictitious character), fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Children's fictionTimes
Early 20th CenturyShowing 13 featured editions. View all 13 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
01
Tom Swift And His Sky Racer
January 30, 2006, 1st World Library
Hardcover
in English
1421815044 9781421815046
|
zzzz
|
02
|
zzzz
|
03
Tom Swift And His Sky Racer
October 2005, 1st World Library
Paperback
in English
1421816040 9781421816043
|
zzzz
|
04
Tom Swift and his Sky Racer
2004, 1st World Library
Perfect Paperback
in English
1419284614 9781419284618
|
zzzz
|
05
Tom Swift And His Sky Racer
February 2, 2004, BookSurge Classics
Paperback
in English
1594561494 9781594561498
|
zzzz
|
06
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
December 2002, IndyPublish.com
Paperback
in English
1404335757 9781404335752
|
zzzz
|
07
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
December 2002, IndyPublish.com
Hardcover
in English
1404335749 9781404335745
|
zzzz
|
08
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
July 2000, Quiet Vision Pub
Library Binding
in English
157646377X 9781576463772
|
zzzz
|
|
09
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
July 2000, Quiet Vision Pub
Library Binding
in English
- Lrg edition
1576463796 9781576463796
|
zzzz
|
10
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
July 2000, Quiet Vision Pub
Paperback
in English
1576462099 9781576462096
|
zzzz
|
|
11
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
July 2000, Quiet Vision Pub
Paperback
in English
- Lrg edition
1576463788 9781576463789
|
zzzz
|
12
|
zzzz
|
13
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer: or: ''The Quickest Flight on Record''
1911, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers
Hardcover
- 1st Grosset & Dunlap ed. 1911
|
aaaa
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
*Manufactured in the United States of America* / Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Work Description
A $10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined to build the fastest plane around, but his plans mysteriously disappear, which means Tom must redesign his new airplane from the beginning. A side-plot through the story is Mr. Swift's failing health.
Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading. These spirited tales convey in a realistic way, the wonderful advances in land and sea locomotion and other successful inventions. Stories like these are impressed upon the memory and their reading is productive only of good. This series of adventure novels starring the genius boy inventor Tom Swift falls into the genre of "invention fiction" or "Edisonade".--LibraryThing
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Lists
See All
| September 20, 2024 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| May 2, 2020 | Edited by ED Power | Added new cover |
| May 2, 2020 | Edited by ED Power | Added new cover |
| May 2, 2020 | Edited by ED Power | alt ed. ent. |
| December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |