Project Gutenberg 2024-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 189 Appleton, Victor Tom Swift and his talking pictures : $b or, The greatest invention on record $aNew York, NY :$bGrosset & Dunlap, $c1928. Delphine Lettau, Greg Weeks, Cindy Beyer, Mary Meehan & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures" by Victor Appleton is a children's adventure novel written in the late 1920s. The story revolves around Tom Swift, a young inventor who is on the brink of creating a revolutionary talking-picture machine that would allow people to see and hear live performances remotely. As Tom works on perfecting his invention with his friend Ned Newton, they find themselves embroiled in excitement and danger as Tom becomes a target for sabotage, leading to mysterious developments and kidnapping. The opening of the book introduces Tom Swift as he conducts experiments in his laboratory alongside his friend Ned. After a series of setbacks with his new device, an explosion suddenly occurs, leaving Tom injured and leading to the troubling disappearance of Ned. Throughout the escalating conflict, it becomes evident that there are other forces at play; both friends find themselves facing ominous threats related to Tom's groundbreaking invention. As Tom navigates through these challenges, the introduction sets the stage for their adventurous quest to uncover the truth and rescue Ned from unknown adversaries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230108061606appleton 1928 US Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure stories Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Motion pictures -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 327678 2025-07-28T15:01:30.150621 text/html 302458 2024-01-01T12:15:36 text/html 494490 2025-07-28T15:01:35.622597 application/epub+zip 498272 2025-07-28T15:01:31.543650 application/epub+zip 264476 2025-07-28T15:01:30.740660 application/epub+zip 877592 2025-07-28T15:01:38.860594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 850588 2025-07-28T15:01:35.040658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285978 2025-07-28T15:01:29.171674 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 266096 2024-01-01T12:15:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16145 2025-07-28T15:01:38.995627 application/rdf+xml 31339 2025-07-28T15:01:31.045625 image/jpeg 4806 2025-07-28T15:01:30.892640 image/jpeg 999488 2025-07-28T15:01:30.189686 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