Tom Swift and His Airship or the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud
Appleton, Victor. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1910). Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Pages dusty on edges, previous owners name on ffep and back of front board. This is the third book of the Tom Swift series. Tom Swift is a lad living with his widowed father on their small estate in upper New York state about the time of the First World War and thereafter. His age is unstated, but it is indicated that he ages during the series from late teens to early twenties (and there is a possible hint that he commenced his invention career, prior to the first volume, at age 16). Tom is by no means confined to his workshop or laboratory and is in good physical shape, which is fortunate as his adventures are inevitably strenuous. He is portrayed as a decent, bright, brave, handsome, and quick-witted "American boy". Editorially directed and plotted by Edward Stratemeyer and, later, by his daughter Harriet, the books appeared under the pseudonym Victor Appleton, but was actually written by Howard Garis for most of the novels. Media shipping is 3.50
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