Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Now, see here, Mr. Swift, you may think it all a sort of dream, and imagine that I don't know what I'm talking about; but I do! If you'll consent to finance this expedition to the extent of, say, ten thousand dollars, I'll practically guarantee to give you back five times that sum. "I don't know, Alec, I don't know," slowly responded the aged inventor. "I've heard those stories before, and in my experience nothing ever came of them. Buried treasure, and lost vessels filled with gold, are all well and good, but hunting for an opal mine on some little-heard-of island goes them one better." "Then you don't feel like backing me up in this matter, Mr. Swift?"

Tom Swift must construct a cannon large enough to protect the Panama Canal while evading saboteurs.

Tom Swift has enthralled generations of children with his amazing adventures. So return to a simpler time put away your cynicism and dust off your sense of wonder because you're off on a series of grand adventures! Include here are Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon (Or the Longest Shots on Record) Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone (Or the Picture That Saved a Fortune) Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship (Or the Naval Terror of the Seas)

Tom and his father are arguing about Tom's latest idea, a photo telephone. Mr. Swift is adamant that the idea won't work, but Tom has some ideas in mind, and refuses to back down. Tom read about a recent news event where a photograph was transmitted over telegraph lines, and there is no functional difference between the wires used for a telephone to those used in telegraphs.

"Tom Swift and His Airship" by Victor Appleton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Reprint of the adventure novel originally published in 1917.

The young hero seeks treasure and finds death-defying adventures on his submarine.

Despite the setbacks Tom endures at the hands of his enemies he succeeds in preserving his entrepreneurial spirit and keeps his family's company running.