Research Catalog

Title

Tom Swift and his wizard camera; or, Thrilling adventures while taking moving pictures, by Victor Appleton ...

Author

Appleton, Victor

Publication

New York, Grosset & Dunlap [c1912]

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Details

Additional Authors

Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)

Description

iv, 210 p. front.; 20 cm.

Summary

The owner of a motion picture company wants to hire Tom to travel around the world and take motion pictures of strange and exotic places.

Series Statement

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

Alternative Title

Thrilling adventures while taking moving pictures

Subject

• Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction
• Cinematography > Juvenile fiction

Genre/Form

• Fiction
• Juvenile works
• Fiction.
• Juvenile works.
• Adventure stories.
• Adventure stories

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. I. A strange offer -- ch. II. A man in the snow bank -- ch. III. Tom makes up his mind -- ch. IV. Held fast -- ch. V. Tom gets a warning -- ch. VI. Trying the camera -- ch. VII. What the camera caught -- ch. VIII. Photos from the airship -- ch. IX. Off for India -- ch. X. Unexpected excitement -- ch. XI. An elephant stampede -- ch. XII. The lion fight -- ch. XIII. A shot in time -- ch. XIV. In a great gale -- ch. XV. Snapping an avalanche -- ch. XVI. Telegraph orders -- ch. XVII. Suspicious strangers -- ch. XVIII. The native battle -- ch. XIX. A heavy loss -- ch. XX. After the Englishmen -- ch. XXI. The jungle fire -- ch. XXII. A dangerous commission -- ch. XXIII. At the volcano -- ch. XXIV. The molten river -- ch. XXV. The earthquake -- Conclusion.

LCCN

^^^12013943^//r92

OCLC

• 2940018
• SCSB-10619892

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library