Appleton, Victor creator text utu 2003 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land" by Victor Appleton is a young adult novel published in 1911. When young inventor Tom Swift perfects his electric rifle—a weapon that fires bolts of electricity—he embarks on an African safari that becomes far more dangerous than expected. Beyond hunting elephants for ivory, Tom and his companions must rescue friends held captive by hostile tribes. The novel is notable for inspiring the name of the Taser, a non-lethal weapon developed sixty years later. (This is an automatically generated summary.) PRC version is in 10tom10p.prc and 10tom10p.zip Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_and_His_Electric_Rifle Release date is 2003-02-01 Produced by This etext was produced by Charles Franks, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Original publication data not identified Africa -- Juvenile fiction Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Elephant hunting -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3777 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3777 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133116.0 3777