Project Gutenberg 2003-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 131 Appleton, Victor Tom Swift and His Wireless Message; Or, The Castaways of Earthquake Island Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_and_His_Wireless_Message Produced by Greg Weeks, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Tom Swift and His Wireless Message; Or, The Castaways of Earthquake Island" by Victor Appleton is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. This adventure story follows the young inventor Tom Swift as he receives a telegram from Mr. Hosmer Fenwick, an inventor in trouble with his new electric airship. Tom’s journey leads him to Philadelphia to assist Fenwick, and along the way, he encounters a mix of humorous, exciting, and potentially dangerous situations, characteristic of the Tom Swift series. The opening portion introduces Tom Swift working on his airship in his machine shop when he receives a message from Eradicate Sampson, a comical character accompanied by his mule, Boomerang. He learns that Fenwick needs his urgent assistance with an electric airship that's failing to take off. After some discussion with his father, Tom decides to travel to Philadelphia in his newly designed monoplane, the Butterfly. The narrative sets the stage for a series of inventive adventures, showcasing Tom's resourcefulness as he navigates challenges that come his way, including confrontations with the town bully and preparations for a significant flight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Shipwreck survival -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Telegraph, Wireless -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Book Series Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 268729 2025-07-02T10:07:07.601611 text/html 256758 2020-12-27T20:44:20 text/html 203660 2025-07-02T10:07:15.179597 application/epub+zip 205952 2025-07-02T10:07:11.183642 application/epub+zip 159999 2025-07-02T10:07:09.966604 application/epub+zip 483216 2025-07-02T10:07:17.820563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464936 2025-07-02T10:07:14.324591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213486 2022-09-02T13:34:52.083990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249001 2025-07-02T10:07:07.052602 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 248780 2020-12-27T20:44:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19518 2025-07-02T10:07:17.943542 application/rdf+xml 26281 2025-07-02T10:07:10.480583 image/jpeg 4828 2025-07-02T10:07:10.223595 image/jpeg 91446 2020-12-27T20:44:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 90867 2020-12-27T20:44:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 202932 2025-07-02T10:07:07.622607 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