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Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship: Swift by Name and Swift by Nature!
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship Swift by Name and Swift by Nature Author:Victor Appleton Tom's fame and success have brought him to the attention of various nefarious foreign international terrorists and criminal syndicates who do not want the now-famous Swift inventions that could be used against the US in the "European Conflict." Tom has to figure out a way to fire artillery from a floating platform and convince the US Navy to ad... more »opt this powerful new weapon! Hazards and pitfalls are nothing new, but how they are overcome, you will have to read the story to find out. Tom Swift, the inspirational boyhood hero of Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, is an all-American young inventor in his teens. These fantastic and future-predicting stories are VERY alive today. Swift was modeled after the entrepreneurial and inventive geniuses Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, who both changed our world more than any other two people. Like Arthur C. Clarke, Swift invented or predicted many modern discoveries including the Taser, camcorder, video-phone, electric car, and several others.« less