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Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar

By: Grosset & Dunlap

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Grosset & Dunlap)

Last Stocked on 7/2/2015

Product Info

Title
Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Victor Appleton II
Publish Year
1962
Pages
188
Dimensions
5x7.5x.75"
NKG Part #
2147581478
Type
Novel - Hardcover

Description

An atomic-powered car that travels on land, water, and through the air - Tom Swift Jr.'s latest invention - is an extraordinary achievement. But even its young inventor could not anticipate what a dramatic role the Triphibian Atomicar would play in a technical aid mission which takes Tom and his top-flight engineers to the untamed Asian land of Kabulistan, to help the new republic develop its natural resources. Time and again Tom must pit his skill and courage against fierce, nomadic tribesmen. But this is not a one-sided conflict between the ancient and the modern.

Beneath the facade of thunderous hoofbeats, spears, and scimitars is a scientific mastermind bent on destroying the members of the Swift expedition in order to conceal from the Kabulistan government his discovery of a fabulous ruby mine lost for two centuries. After a series of danger-packed episodes, Tom and his pal Bud Barclay are caught in a seemingly inextricable, underground trap. How Tom builds a "do-it-yourself" rocket in a cavern laboratory and sends it homing for aid is a brilliant stroke of ingenuity.