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 Project Gutenberg 2015-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 150 Matthews, Stanley R. Motor Matt's Air Ship; or, The Rival Inventors Produced by David Edwards, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Motor Matt's Air Ship; or, The Rival Inventors" by Stanley R. Matthews is a thrilling adventure novel written in the early 20th century. This tale follows the exploits of Matt King, affectionately known as "Motor Matt," and his cheerful friend Carl Pretzel, as they navigate the dangerous world of rival inventors in the early days of aeronautics. The story begins with Matt and Carl witnessing an air-ship in distress, which sets off a chain of events involving a criminal gang and the pursuit of stolen blueprints for innovative flying machines. The opening of the story introduces Motor Matt and Carl as they enjoy a quiet picnic when they spot the erratic flight of the air-ship named "Hawk." Their curiosity leads them to intervene in a precarious situation where the air-ship is out of control. They attempt to assist the struggling pilots while also discovering that something sinister is at play. As the narrative unfolds, they soon realize that the incident is linked to a larger criminal conspiracy involving stolen inventions. The chapter effectively builds intrigue, setting the stage for Matt's subsequent kidnapping by a rival inventor, which propels the adventure across the skies and into dangerous territories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure stories Airships -- Juvenile fiction Dime novels Mechanics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 230993 2025-08-19T09:24:01.016916 text/html 210325 2024-10-24T13:46:59 text/html 462023 2025-08-19T09:24:05.188844 application/epub+zip 462580 2025-08-19T09:24:01.578847 application/epub+zip 158047 2025-08-19T09:24:01.276824 application/epub+zip 557281 2025-08-19T09:24:08.275793 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529083 2025-08-19T09:24:04.783856 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227610 2022-09-21T17:55:23.108889 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210386 2025-08-19T09:24:00.406851 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190337 2024-10-24T13:46:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16502 2025-08-19T09:24:08.406801 application/rdf+xml 28339 2025-08-19T09:24:01.351826 image/jpeg 4138 2025-08-19T09:24:01.313834 image/jpeg 474348 2025-08-19T09:24:01.049882 application/octet-stream application/zip