Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Appleton, Victor

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land" by Victor Appleton is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story follows the inventive and adventurous young protagonist, Tom Swift, who is eager for new excitement and has developed an electric rifle that he wishes to test. As the narrative unfolds, Tom's ambitions lead him to the thrilling idea of hunting elephants in Africa with his new invention, drawing in his friends and companions in a quest for adventure. At the start of the book, Tom Swift finds himself yearning for excitement after a period of idleness following a recent aviation victory. Engaging in conversation with his friend Ned, he discusses his new electric rifle, which he plans to demonstrate that evening. The plot begins to take shape when Tom reads about an elephant hunt in Africa and imagines the potential of using his electric rifle in such an endeavor. Following a warm interaction with his father and some comedic relief involving his colorful servant, Eradicate, Tom's plan fully solidifies as he dreams of traveling to Africa for an exhilarating adventure filled with danger and discovery. The opening establishes both the character of Tom Swift as an inventive and enterprising youth and the excitement of the adventures that await him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Notes:

PRC version is in 10tom10p.prc and 10tom10p.zip

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_and_His_Electric_Rifle

Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2003-02-01