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

Reprint of the adventure novel originally published in 1910.

Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat; Or, Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure By, Victor Appleton

American boys' fiction under pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate who produced Tom Swift series, Nancy Drew mysteries, the Hardy Boys, Dave Fearless and many others.

Tom Swift's father has been working diligently on a secret project, which he reveals at the beginning of the book as a submarine. With the submarine, named the Advance, he plans to enter a contest for a government prize of $50,000. While in New Jersey to launch the submarine, Tom reads in a newspaper that a ship named the Boldero sank off the coast of Uruguay during a storm, taking down with it the sum of $300,000 in gold bullion. Tom persuades his father to pursue this treasure as opposed to competing for the government prize. While picking up a hired sea captain, Tom's plans are overheard by a contestant in the government contest, and a rivalry for the treasure begins. The other submarine, named the Wonder, soon sets off to follow Tom and his crew after they embark on their journey.

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Tom Swift's father has completed an experimental submarine design that he expects to test in an upcoming government sponsored race and trial. However, when news surfaces of a ship, which was full of gold, that sank off the coast of Uruguay, Tom and his father quickly change course. The treasure lies on the bed of the ocean, three miles below the surface, and only the Swift submarine can make the dive - or so they thought! Soon a rival emerges from the inky depths and a battle ensues that puts the crew in peril of sinking beneath the waves forever.

Tom Swift's father has been hard at work on a secret project. At the beginning of the book, he revealed that it was a submarine. He plans to take a submarine called the Advance to enter a competition to compete for a government prize of $ 50,000. When Tom launched a submarine in New Jersey, he read in the newspaper that a ship named Boldero sank off the coast of Uruguay in a storm and took $ 300,000 worth of gold bars. Tom convinced his father to seek wealth rather than compete for government bonuses.

Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books. The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton name: Tom Swift (1910-1941), Motion Picture Chums (1913-1916), Moving Picture Boys (1913-1922), Movie Boys (1926-1927), Don Sturdy (1925-1935), Tom Swift, Jr. (1954-1971) (technically, ""Victor Appleton II""), Tom Swift (Third Series) (1981-1984) and Tom Swift (Fourth Series) (1991-1993). Contract authors of these books writing under the name ""Victor Appleton"" included James Duncan Lawrence, Howard Roger Garis, John W. Duffield, W. Bert Foster, Debra Doyle with James D. Macdonald, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Robert E. Vardeman, Thomas M. Mitchell.