Motor Matt's Air Ship - The Rival Inventors E-Book

Stanley R. Matthews

• Herausgeber: LBO
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

MOTOR STORIES - THRILLING ADVENTURE MOTOR FICTION. Characters that appear in this story: Matt King: concerning whom there has always been a mystery--a lad of splendid athletic abilities, and never-failing nerve, who has won for himself, among the boys of the Western town, the popular name of "Mile-a-minute Matt." Carl Pretzel: a cheerful and rollicking German lad, who is led by a fortunate accident to hook up with Motor Matt in double harness. Hamilton Jerrold: an honest inventor who has devoted his life to aeronautics, and who has built a successful air-ship called the Eagle. Hector Brady: a rival inventor who has stolen his ideas from Hamilton Jerrold. His air-ship is called the Hawk and is used for criminal purposes. Brady's attempt to secure Motor Matt's services as driver of the Hawk brings about the undoing of the criminal gang. Whipple, Needham, Grove, Harper and Pete: members of the Brady's air-ship gang of thieves. Helen Brady: Hector Brady's daughter, who helps Motor Matt.

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Stanley R. Matthews

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Table of contents

Synopsis

Characters that appear in this story

Guideposts for easy travel inside the book

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

​CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

Synopsis

MOTOR STORIES - THRILLING ADVENTURE MOTOR FICTION

Characters that appear in this story

Matt King: concerning whom there has always been a mystery--a lad of splendid athletic abilities, and never-failing nerve, who has won for himself, among the boys of the Western town, the popular name of "Mile-a-minute Matt."

Carl Pretzel: a cheerful and rollicking German lad, who is led by a fortunate accident to hook up with Motor Matt in double harness.

Hamilton Jerrold: an honest inventor who has devoted his life to aeronautics, and who has built a successful air-ship called the Eagle.

Hector Brady: a rival inventor who has stolen his ideas from Hamilton Jerrold. His air-ship is called the Hawk and is used for criminal purposes. Brady's attempt to secure Motor Matt's services as driver of the Hawk brings about the undoing of the criminal gang.

Whipple, Needham, Grove, Harper and Pete: members of the Brady's air-ship gang of thieves.

Helen Brady: Hector Brady's daughter, who helps Motor Matt.

Guideposts for easy travel inside the book

comma [ , ]

short break

semicolon [ ; ]

medium-long break

point [ . ]

long break

colon[ : ]

break to breath before the run

exclamation mark [ ! ]

long break, open mouth: amazement, anger, sorrow, satisfaction

question mark [ ? ]

curious break

question mark with exclamation mark [ ?! ]

break of curious wonder

suspension points [ ... ]

break with bated breath, prolonged pause because the list may go on, curiosity, waiting

quote / dashes [ « » “ ” - ]

they faithfully reproduce a dialogue, a quote, a thought.

CHAPTER I

CAPTURING AN AIR-SHIP

"Py shiminy grickets! Vat do you t'ink oof dot! See dere vonce, Matt. A palloon, or I vas a lopsder! Und vat a funny palloon it iss."