Project Gutenberg 2015-03-27 Public domain in the USA. 72 Matthews, Stanley R. Motor Matt's Promise; or, The Wreck of the Hawk Produced by David Edwards, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Motor Matt's Promise; or, The Wreck of the Hawk" by Stanley R. Matthews is a thrilling adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the exploits of Motor Matt, a daring young motorist and inventor known for his fearless nature and expertise with various motorized vehicles, including his airship, the Hawk. Alongside his friends, Carl and Dick, Motor Matt embarks on a series of adventures that revolve around a dangerous mission involving stolen diamonds and encounters with a gang of thieves. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to an intriguing scenario where Carl and Dick mistakenly believe they have seen Motor Matt acting suspiciously on the levee. Their confusion leads to a series of events that culminate in a fierce chase, culminating in the unexpected wreck of the Hawk after being shot at from below. As the boys work to recover from their harrowing encounter, they grapple with the realization of the threats posed by their enemies and the mysterious circumstances surrounding them. The opening sets the stage for a high-stakes adventure filled with deception, mistaken identities, and the unwavering determination of Motor Matt to uphold his promise to retrieve the valuable diamonds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories Airships -- Juvenile fiction Dime novels Mechanics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 231207 231218 2024-09-20T09:40:52.966844 2023-09-21T06:24:55.453783 text/html text/html 231239 2015-03-26T19:20:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 503551 2015-03-26T19:21:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 493194 2024-09-20T09:40:57.408838 application/epub+zip 494351 2024-09-20T09:40:53.592829 application/epub+zip 154546 2024-09-20T09:40:53.252824 application/epub+zip 588439 2024-09-20T09:41:00.787818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559560 2024-09-20T09:40:56.986830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222674 2022-09-22T05:27:07.955026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209757 209539 2024-09-20T09:40:52.369861 2023-09-21T06:24:54.877788 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 209859 2015-03-26T19:20:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 80883 2015-03-26T19:21:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18441 2024-09-20T09:41:00.932781 application/rdf+xml 32770 2024-09-20T09:40:53.337816 image/jpeg 4838 2024-09-20T09:40:53.292829 image/jpeg 508118 2024-09-20T09:40:53.000845 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