Project Gutenberg 2003-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 291 Appleton, Victor Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land 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 Produced by This etext was produced by Charles Franks, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. “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.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Africa -- Juvenile fiction Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Elephant hunting -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Book Series Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 275041 2025-08-02T09:02:33.976239 text/html 283405 2021-01-08T23:44:38 text/html 199819 2025-08-02T09:02:42.102184 application/epub+zip 202072 2025-08-02T09:02:37.747202 application/epub+zip 157745 2025-08-02T09:02:36.478210 application/epub+zip 481442 2025-08-02T09:02:45.465203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459626 2025-08-02T09:02:41.263191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236011 2022-09-02T11:44:29.251291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252516 2025-08-02T09:02:33.293235 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 252326 2021-01-08T23:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19898 2025-08-02T09:02:45.606149 application/rdf+xml 24605 2025-08-02T09:02:37.005182 image/jpeg 4678 2025-08-02T09:02:36.743188 image/jpeg 96085 2021-01-08T23:44:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 91781 2021-01-08T23:44:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 196126 2025-08-02T09:02:33.999229 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia