Research Catalog

Title

Tom Swift in captivity = or, A daring escape by airship ... / by Victor Appleton ; illustrated.

Author

Appleton, Victor

Publication

New York : Grosset, c1912.

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Details

Description

iv, 218 p. : ill.; 20 cm

Summary

Tom Swift is approached by the owner of a circus to use one of his airships to search for a lost hunter, who went missing somewhere in South Africa while searching for a tribe of giants.

Series Statement

• His Tom Swift series
• Appleton, Victor, pseud. Tom Swift series.

Alternative Title

Daring escape by airship

Subject

• Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction
• Giants (Folklore) > Juvenile fiction
• South America > Juvenile fiction

Genre/Form

• Fiction
• Juvenile works
• Fiction.
• Juvenile works.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. I. A strange request -- ch. II. The circus man -- ch. III. Tom will go -- ch. IV. "Look out for my rival!" -- ch. V. Andy Foger learns something -- ch. VI. Alarming news -- ch. VII. Fire on board -- ch. VIII. A narrow escape -- ch. IX. "Forward march!" -- ch. X. A wild horse stampede -- ch. XI. Caught in a living rope -- ch. XII. A native battle -- ch. XIII. The desertion -- ch. XIV. In giant land -- ch. XV. In the "palace" of the king -- ch. XVI. The rival circus man -- ch. XVII. Held captives -- ch. XVIII. Tom's mysterious box -- ch. XIX. Weak giants -- ch. XX. The lone captive -- ch. XXI. A royal conspiracy -- ch. XXII. The twin giants -- ch. XXIII. A surprise in the night -- ch. XXIV. The airship flight -- ch. XXV. Tom's giant -- Conclusion.

LCCN

^^^12013946^

OCLC

• 1319894
• SCSB-12487798

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library