Project Gutenberg 2003-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 206 Appleton, Victor Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land PRC version is in 10tom10p.prc and 10tom10p.zip Produced by This etext was produced by Charles Franks, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. “Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land” by Victor Appleton is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story follows the inventive and adventurous young protagonist, Tom Swift, who is eager for new excitement and has developed an electric rifle that he wishes to test. As the narrative unfolds, Tom's ambitions lead him to the thrilling idea of hunting elephants in Africa with his new invention, drawing in his friends and companions in a quest for adventure. At the start of the book, Tom Swift finds himself yearning for excitement after a period of idleness following a recent aviation victory. Engaging in conversation with his friend Ned, he discusses his new electric rifle, which he plans to demonstrate that evening. The plot begins to take shape when Tom reads about an elephant hunt in Africa and imagines the potential of using his electric rifle in such an endeavor. Following a warm interaction with his father and some comedic relief involving his colorful servant, Eradicate, Tom's plan fully solidifies as he dreams of traveling to Africa for an exhilarating adventure filled with danger and discovery. The opening establishes both the character of Tom Swift as an inventive and enterprising youth and the excitement of the adventures that await him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Africa -- Juvenile fiction Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Elephant hunting -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 274904 274905 2024-10-02T09:57:14.149491 2023-10-02T08:49:35.124457 text/html text/html 283405 2021-01-08T23:44:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii 96085 2021-01-08T23:44:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 199751 2024-10-02T09:57:22.528442 application/epub+zip 202085 2024-10-02T09:57:18.089477 application/epub+zip 157759 2024-10-02T09:57:16.697479 application/epub+zip 481453 2024-10-02T09:57:25.998463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459626 2024-10-02T09:57:21.641445 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236011 2022-09-02T11:44:29.251291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252516 252412 2024-10-02T09:57:13.431516 2023-10-02T08:49:34.549475 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 252326 2021-01-08T23:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91781 2021-01-08T23:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20352 2024-10-02T09:57:26.129414 application/rdf+xml 24605 2024-10-02T09:57:17.259490 image/jpeg 4678 2024-10-02T09:57:16.975472 image/jpeg 196089 2024-10-02T09:57:14.172501 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 en.wikipedia