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Tom Swift and His Motorboat: The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
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Tom Swift and His Motorcycle
- Fun Adventures on the Road
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
The first in a series of 28 Tom Swift books by Victor Appleton, this book introduces us to our hero Tom Swift son of noted inventor, Barton Swift. Tom's father's invention for new and improved turbine motor is stolen by the Happy Harry Gang, who we will meet in future episodes since they manage to escape this time. Each chapter is a cliffhanger filled with intrigue, espionage and excitement!
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Tom Swift and His Airship: The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
In Book 3 of the Tom Swift series, Tom Swift and His Airship, our hero, Tom Swift, with the help of his new friend, balloonist John Sharp, builds an amazing airship. It's part dirigible, part airplane, and totally amazing, with a 20-cylinder motor and the ability to land on tall buildings in a single bound. Once again, the redhaired bully Andy Foger plots against Tom, but once again, he is foiled by our hero. Every chapter is a cliffhanger loaded with excitement.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Poor narration
- By Dr Hesper on 03-31-16
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Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
- The Speediest Car on the Road
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout takes us back to gentler times when the bad guys weren't really that bad, didn't carry Uzis, and being an inventor like Thomas Edison was the dream of many young boys. In this book our hero creates an electric automobile with a top speed of over 100 mi./h, saves the bank, gives the bully two black eyes, wins the prize for the fastest automobile in a 500 mile race, only stopping once to recharge his batteries. Without a NASCAR pit crew, it only took Tom 25 min.
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Tom Swift and his Wireless Message
- The Castaways of Earthquake Island
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
This is volume 6 of the Tom Swift series, Tom Swift and his Wireless Message where our hero, the young inventor, Tom Swift helps a fellow inventor get his airship the Whizzer off the ground. So far off the ground in fact that he and his fellow travelers are caught in a storm stranding them on an uninhabited tropical island fraught with earthquakes.
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Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
- The Quickest Flight on Record
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
Volume nine of the Tom Swift series pits our hero Tom Swift against his arch rival Andy Foger in an airplane race for a prize of $10,000. A lot of money back in 1910. Andy has developed an even nastier bag of tricks in this volume. Our hero not only builds the world’s fastest monoplane in his garage, but saves his father's life by flying a world-class surgeon in the monoplane to his father's aid. Every chapter of this book is a cliffhanger, leaving the listener in anticipation of the next exciting chapter.
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Tom Swift and his Submarine Boat: Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Book 4 of the Tom Swift series opens with our hero's father completing an amazing submarine loaded with high-tech gadgetry in his backyard and ready to enter it into a government competition. Tom, however, discovers through the newspaper that a vessel has sunk containing $300,000 in gold (which was a lot of money back in 1910 when this book was published). Tom and his friends decide to forgo the government prize of $50,000 to pursue the bigger one - encountering some new villains and despicable characters along the way.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun!
- By Mike Porter on 02-28-17
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Tom Swift and His Motorcycle
- Fun Adventures on the Road
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
The first in a series of 28 Tom Swift books by Victor Appleton, this book introduces us to our hero Tom Swift son of noted inventor, Barton Swift. Tom's father's invention for new and improved turbine motor is stolen by the Happy Harry Gang, who we will meet in future episodes since they manage to escape this time. Each chapter is a cliffhanger filled with intrigue, espionage and excitement!
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Tom Swift and His Airship: The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
In Book 3 of the Tom Swift series, Tom Swift and His Airship, our hero, Tom Swift, with the help of his new friend, balloonist John Sharp, builds an amazing airship. It's part dirigible, part airplane, and totally amazing, with a 20-cylinder motor and the ability to land on tall buildings in a single bound. Once again, the redhaired bully Andy Foger plots against Tom, but once again, he is foiled by our hero. Every chapter is a cliffhanger loaded with excitement.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Poor narration
- By Dr Hesper on 03-31-16
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Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
- The Speediest Car on the Road
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout takes us back to gentler times when the bad guys weren't really that bad, didn't carry Uzis, and being an inventor like Thomas Edison was the dream of many young boys. In this book our hero creates an electric automobile with a top speed of over 100 mi./h, saves the bank, gives the bully two black eyes, wins the prize for the fastest automobile in a 500 mile race, only stopping once to recharge his batteries. Without a NASCAR pit crew, it only took Tom 25 min.
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Tom Swift and his Wireless Message
- The Castaways of Earthquake Island
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
This is volume 6 of the Tom Swift series, Tom Swift and his Wireless Message where our hero, the young inventor, Tom Swift helps a fellow inventor get his airship the Whizzer off the ground. So far off the ground in fact that he and his fellow travelers are caught in a storm stranding them on an uninhabited tropical island fraught with earthquakes.
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Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
- The Quickest Flight on Record
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
Volume nine of the Tom Swift series pits our hero Tom Swift against his arch rival Andy Foger in an airplane race for a prize of $10,000. A lot of money back in 1910. Andy has developed an even nastier bag of tricks in this volume. Our hero not only builds the world’s fastest monoplane in his garage, but saves his father's life by flying a world-class surgeon in the monoplane to his father's aid. Every chapter of this book is a cliffhanger, leaving the listener in anticipation of the next exciting chapter.
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Tom Swift and his Submarine Boat: Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Book 4 of the Tom Swift series opens with our hero's father completing an amazing submarine loaded with high-tech gadgetry in his backyard and ready to enter it into a government competition. Tom, however, discovers through the newspaper that a vessel has sunk containing $300,000 in gold (which was a lot of money back in 1910 when this book was published). Tom and his friends decide to forgo the government prize of $50,000 to pursue the bigger one - encountering some new villains and despicable characters along the way.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun!
- By Mike Porter on 02-28-17
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Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers
- Or, the Secret of Phantom Mountain
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Volume seven of the Tom Swift series brings our hero, Tom Swift, to Phantom Mountain, somewhere in Colorado, in search of a band of rascals who use the power generated in a flash of lightning to create diamonds. Tom Swift encounters Barcoe Jenks, an eccentric character we met in the previous volume, who enlists Tom's aid to get the secret of making perfect diamonds from the sinister gang of Diamond Makers. Once again our hero, Tom Swift, saves his companions from many a disaster.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Deadly dull reading
- By Brooklyn Heights on 04-08-16
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Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle: Daring Adventures on Elephant Island
- Tom Swift, Book 10
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Volume 10 of the Tom Swift series finds our hero building a new airship and taking it to Africa, where he hunts elephants with his new electric rifle and rescues two missionaries from a savage and crafty tribe of red pygmies. Please remember that this book was published in 1911, and attitudes and language acceptable at that time are not politically correct today.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nostalgia and fun, but not much else.
- By Berkley on 04-04-16
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Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
- The Underground Search for the Idle of Gold
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders volume 20 in the Tom Swift series by Victor Appleton. In this volume Tom and his friends are in the Honduran jungle in search of a Golden Idol. Our hero thwarts the bad guys, find the idol, and he gets the girl. A fun escape for the listener to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when "electric" rifles in the near future were a distinct possibility.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable but simple
- By S. Brodersen on 06-14-17
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Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship
- The Naval Terror of the Seas
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, volume 18 in the Tom Swift series, finds our hero building an airship - but not just any airship: this is a battleship of the air, complete with cannons, bombs, and able to stay in the air for at least two weeks on a single tank of gas. It is no surprise that the Swift shops are soon infested with spies and evildoers bent on stealing Tom's ideas, and even better yet, his airship. Will the forces of evil steal Tom's airship and his ideas? Tune in and find out.
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Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice: The Wreck of the Airship
- Tom Swift, Book 8
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
In volume number eight of the Tom Swift series by Victor Appleton, narrated by John Michaels, our hero, Tom Swift, takes his airship, the Red Cloud, and his friends above the Arctic Circle in search of gold. They find the gold, but not without dealing with savage Indians, scoundrels, violent storms, and of course the evil Fogers. Please note that some of the language, attitudes, and references, although acceptable when this book was copyrighted in 1911, are not politically correct today.
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Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive
- To Miles a Minute on the Rails
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In the first volume of this series, our hero, Tom Swift, rebuilds a motorcycle. In this, volume 25, Tom Swift and his Electric Locomotive, Tom Swift not only invents, but builds an electric locomotive capable of speeds in excess of 120 mph. This is the final volume of the 25 volume Tom Swift series narrated by John W Michaels and published by Audio Books by Mike Vendetti.
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Tom Swift and His Air Glider
- Seeking the Platinum Treasure
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Tom Swift and His Air Glider by Victor Appleton, volume 12 of the Tom Swift series, takes our hero to Siberia in search of a long lost platinum mine. In order to accomplish this, the young inventor invents an "air glider" that (don't try this at home) operates best in a hurricane. In this episode instead of his arch rival Andy Foger, the Czarists provide the intrigue as they attempt to capture Tom and his friends.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tom finds a use for his glider. Tom takes to the a
- By SGL on 06-19-15
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Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone
- The Picture That Saved a Fortune
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Mr. Damon is swindled, and to make matters worse, kidnapped. Our hero, the young inventor Tom Swift comes to the rescue and convicts the scoundrels with the help of his new invention, a telephone that also takes pictures. Imagine that! He also utilizes his amazing airships, and of course the help of his faithful companions and friends Ned Newton, Koku the Giant, and Eradicate Sampson. Every chapter of this book, number 17 of the Tom Swift series, is a cliff-hanger that has kept readers and now listeners in suspense, awaiting the next exciting chapter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reminded me of listening to the radio in the 50's.
- By Zalia on 06-11-12
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Tom Swift and His Undersea Search
- The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Sunken treasure in the Atlantic Ocean! Millions of dollars in gold just there for the taking. All our hero Tom Swift has to do is find it, and recover it. He knows the latitude and longitude, but it's not that easy when the treasure lies somewhere leagues beneath the surface of the ocean. But leave it to our hero, his amazing submarine, and his faithful friends to find a way. Sail along with Tom Swift on another exciting adventure battling the forces of nature, sea monsters, and evil villains, as he searches for treasure!
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Tom Swift in Captivity
- A Daring Escape by Airship
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Tom Swift in Captivity is book number 13 of the Tom Swift series. In this adventure Tom, Ned, Mr. Damon and Eradicate travel to South America in search of a tribe of giants. Sam Preston, the owner of a large circus puts Tom and his friends on the trail of these huge creatures. Of course our hero and his friends passed through numerous hazards wild animals, and of course the dastardly bad guy. Travel along as John W. Michaels narrates this early piece of Americana.
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Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight
- On the Border for Uncle Sam
- By: Victor Appleton
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
Book number 15 of the Tom Swift series finds our hero pursuing smugglers across the Canadian border. In his friends and a custom agent had to Canada in Tom's mighty airship equipped with the world's greatest Searchlight in search of smugglers were using Shopton as a destination. Of course along the way, Tom and his friends have several hair-raising experiences. This book was originally published in 1912, and attitudes and expressions were different from today, and some may find the language in this material offensive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pure nostalgia
- By Red Plammer on 08-18-16
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Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
- By: Victor Appleton, Jerry Robbins
- Narrated by: Colin Budzyna, Jerry Robbins, The Colonial Radio Players
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
In Tom Swift and His Motor Boat, Tom's father - Barton Swift - a world-famous scientist, has been robbed of one of his greatest inventions. It's up to Tom to bring the criminals to justice, but he becomes a target of the rogues' anger when he unknowingly buys a boat in which the criminals have an interest in. This full cast production is an exciting adventure for the whole family.
Publisher's Summary
Tom Swift and His Motorcycle is Volume 2 of the original Tom Swift series. In this book, first published in 1910, our hero, the young inventor Tom Swift, buys a motorboat at auction that he "soups up", making it one of the fastest boats on Lake Charlupa.
Meanwhile, the Happy Harry Gang has some sort of interest in the motorboat, with shady characters lurking about the Swift laboratories and the boat. While Tom and his father are away, these characters steal his father's (Burton Smith's) latest and yet unpatented invention, an electric gyroscope to be used in flying machines.
Speaking of flying machines, the young inventor, his father, and his chum Ned Newton rescue a fearless "aerionaut" from his burning balloon. Every chapter of this novel is a cliffhanger!
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