Project Gutenberg 2008-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 79 Sayler, H. L. (Harry Lincoln) 1863 1913 Sayler, Harry Lincoln Lamar, Ashton Hall, N. P. Hall, Norman P. On the Edge of the Arctic; Or, An Aeroplane in Snowland Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "On the Edge of the Arctic; Or, An Aeroplane in Snowland" by H. L. Sayler is a juvenile adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around two Canadian boys, Norman Grant and Roy Moulton, who exhibit their aeroplane, the "Gitchie Manitou"," during Calgary's Stampede celebration. They are passionate about aviation and eager for adventure, intending to showcase their machine's capabilities in the Arctic wilderness. The opening of the novel introduces the main characters and sets the stage for their adventure. Norman and Roy, having crafted their aeroplane with the help of their fathers, are excitedly preparing to participate in the Stampede, where they plan to demonstrate their invention. Along the way, they meet Count Paul Zept, a wealthy young man new to Calgary, who expresses a keen interest in joining their expedition into the wilderness. The early chapters highlight the unique blend of excitement and challenges that the boys face as they set out to prove the worth of their aeroplane while encountering various characters from the frontier. Their journey promises to reveal the romance of the Northwest while testing their ingenuity and bravery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Canada -- Juvenile fiction Air pilots -- Juvenile fiction Airplanes -- Piloting -- Juvenile fiction Aeronautics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 336030 335831 2024-10-11T07:08:15.354748 2023-09-11T10:01:24.624461 text/html text/html 349779 2008-06-14T13:15:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 347211 2021-01-03T17:48:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 439349 2024-10-11T07:08:24.558697 application/epub+zip 444934 2024-10-11T07:08:19.141753 application/epub+zip 188062 2024-10-11T07:08:17.708708 application/epub+zip 670248 2024-10-11T07:08:28.500672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635670 2024-10-11T07:08:23.502711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349390 2022-09-12T06:10:11.478360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288671 288572 2024-10-11T07:08:14.480751 2023-09-11T10:01:23.817415 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 288337 2021-01-03T17:48:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107195 2021-01-03T17:48:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21046 2024-10-11T07:08:28.636668 application/rdf+xml 18698 2024-10-11T07:08:18.275717 image/jpeg 4274 2024-10-11T07:08:17.991709 image/jpeg 425897 2024-10-11T07:08:15.399748 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Stuart, Gordon (Adventure story writer) en.wikipedia