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 2016-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 58 Matthews, Stanley R. Motor Matt's Engagement; or, On the Road with a Show 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 Engagement; or, On the Road with a Show" by Stanley R. Matthews is a work of fiction, likely written in the early 20th century. This adventure story revolves around the protagonist, Motor Matt King, who is a skilled aviator teamed up with his cowboy friend, Joe McGlory. Together, they navigate the challenges of performing with the Big Consolidated Shows while confronting various dangers involving an intriguing cast of characters, including Haidee, a trapeze artist with a mysterious uncle, and a threat posed by Ben Ali, an elephant driver with ulterior motives. At the start of the story, the reader is introduced to a humorous and chaotic scene involving an energetic elephant and a comical feud between a Dutch boy and a Chinese boy. Amidst this backdrop, we meet Motor Matt and his companions, who are preparing for a performance featuring an aëroplane with a trapeze act. The opening establishes a lively atmosphere filled with anticipation, introducing themes of adventure, danger, and the complexities of the show business world. As preparations unfold, an underlying tension emerges regarding the safety of Haidee, the trapeze artist, linked to mysterious occurrences surrounding her and her uncle, setting the stage for a series of thrilling events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories Dime novels Circus -- Juvenile fiction Airplanes -- Juvenile fiction Mechanics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 226636 226650 2024-09-21T16:44:05.852234 2023-09-22T13:15:09.674952 text/html text/html 226679 2016-05-22T18:49:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 459558 2016-05-22T18:49:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 452794 2024-09-21T16:44:10.435233 application/epub+zip 453691 2024-09-21T16:44:06.539198 application/epub+zip 147483 2024-09-21T16:44:06.182223 application/epub+zip 548236 2024-09-21T16:44:14.026203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519141 2024-09-21T16:44:09.985219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216102 2022-09-23T19:10:25.584561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204437 204219 2024-09-21T16:44:04.900213 2023-09-22T13:15:08.835003 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 204462 2016-05-22T18:49:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 78343 2016-05-22T18:49:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18716 2024-09-21T16:44:14.160166 application/rdf+xml 28797 2024-09-21T16:44:06.259192 image/jpeg 4255 2024-09-21T16:44:06.220218 image/jpeg 464082 2024-09-21T16:44:05.887243 application/octet-stream application/zip