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 Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 80 Appleton, Victor Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam Produced by This etext was produced by Greg Weeks, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, On the Border for Uncle Sam" by Victor Appleton is a children's adventure novel written during the early 20th century. The story follows the young inventor Tom Swift, who has recently perfected a noiseless airship motor, as he becomes embroiled in a mystery involving airship smugglers operating between Canada and the United States. The opening chapters introduce Tom's friends, including Ned and the giant Koku, as well as the antagonistic Andy Foger, setting the stage for an exciting adventure filled with invention and intrigue. The beginning of the novel establishes Tom Swift's world, where he is busy preparing his latest inventions while grappling with the return of his rival Andy Foger. When the boys discover that smugglers may be using airships to transport illegal goods and that their town of Shopton could be connected to these activities, they become entwined in a government investigation led by customs agent Mr. Whitford. The plot thickens as Tom decides to take on the challenge of capturing these smugglers, aided by his powerful new searchlight. As he experiments with the light and plans his mission to the Canadian border, the stage is set for a thrilling escapade fueled by invention, friendship, and possibly danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Inventions -- Juvenile fiction Searchlights -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 275962 275963 2024-10-02T13:30:27.641456 2023-10-02T11:23:14.852771 text/html text/html 265154 2020-12-28T04:44:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 94130 2020-12-28T04:44:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 193823 2024-10-02T13:30:35.759365 application/epub+zip 195988 2024-10-02T13:30:31.309435 application/epub+zip 166010 2024-10-02T13:30:29.971390 application/epub+zip 446801 2024-10-02T13:30:38.718344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429554 2024-10-02T13:30:34.912405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386518 2022-09-03T03:42:18.452170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256113 256010 2024-10-02T13:30:26.868431 2023-10-02T11:23:14.204757 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 255913 2020-12-28T04:44:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 93086 2020-12-28T04:44:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20509 2024-10-02T13:30:38.845359 application/rdf+xml 23769 2024-10-02T13:30:30.569405 image/jpeg 4502 2024-10-02T13:30:30.263405 image/jpeg 191259 2024-10-02T13:30:27.667435 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia