Project Gutenberg 2003-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 112 Appleton, Victor Tom Swift and His Wireless Message; Or, The Castaways of Earthquake Island Produced by Greg Weeks, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Tom Swift and His Wireless Message; Or, The Castaways of Earthquake Island" by Victor Appleton is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. This adventure story follows the young inventor Tom Swift as he receives a telegram from Mr. Hosmer Fenwick, an inventor in trouble with his new electric airship. Tom’s journey leads him to Philadelphia to assist Fenwick, and along the way, he encounters a mix of humorous, exciting, and potentially dangerous situations, characteristic of the Tom Swift series. The opening portion introduces Tom Swift working on his airship in his machine shop when he receives a message from Eradicate Sampson, a comical character accompanied by his mule, Boomerang. He learns that Fenwick needs his urgent assistance with an electric airship that's failing to take off. After some discussion with his father, Tom decides to travel to Philadelphia in his newly designed monoplane, the Butterfly. The narrative sets the stage for a series of inventive adventures, showcasing Tom's resourcefulness as he navigates challenges that come his way, including confrontations with the town bully and preparations for a significant flight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Shipwreck survival -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Telegraph, Wireless -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 268730 267298 2024-10-02T11:39:31.588158 2023-10-02T10:02:33.787582 text/html text/html 256758 2020-12-27T20:44:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 91446 2020-12-27T20:44:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 203635 2024-10-02T11:39:39.926124 application/epub+zip 205965 2024-10-02T11:39:35.507149 application/epub+zip 160011 2024-10-02T11:39:34.137128 application/epub+zip 483248 2024-10-02T11:39:42.965135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464936 2024-10-02T11:39:39.048162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213486 2022-09-02T13:34:52.083990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249001 248926 2024-10-02T11:39:30.869161 2023-10-02T10:02:33.292589 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 248780 2020-12-27T20:44:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90867 2020-12-27T20:44:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20383 2024-10-02T11:39:43.104085 application/rdf+xml 26281 2024-10-02T11:39:34.708133 image/jpeg 4828 2024-10-02T11:39:34.418130 image/jpeg 202940 2024-10-02T11:39:31.611143 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