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100 1 _aAppleton, Victor
245 1 0 _aTom Swift and his great oil gusher
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-01-13
508 _aDelphine Lettau, Cindy Beyer & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net
520 _a"Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher, or The Treasure of Goby Farm" by Victor Appleton is a novel written in the early 20th century. This book is part of the popular Tom Swift series that follows the adventures of a young inventor, Tom Swift, as he embarks on exciting engineering feats. In this installment, the narrative centers around Tom and his friends as they deal with the challenges surrounding oil drilling while also confronting a sinister adversary. At the start of the story, Tom and his loyal friend Ned Newton are introduced during a light-hearted conversation about flying, which quickly shifts to tension as they witness a nearby airplane in distress. Their heroic efforts lead them to save the airplane's pilot, setting off a series of events that involve oil drilling and potential danger from unscrupulous business characters. Tom is depicted as a resourceful and courageous young man, equally interested in invention and adventure, while also becoming entangled in business challenges and personal encounters with unsavory figures. As he and his friends navigate these complexities, it becomes clear that the stakes are high, and the excitement of both invention and action promises a thrilling read. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1924
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aSwift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aOil fields -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aRogers, Walter S.
_q(Walter Stanton),
_d1870-1937
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/tom-swift-and-his-great-oil-gusher/page/n1/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72705
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