The Resource Tom Swift and his giant cannon, or, The longest shots on record, Victor Appleton
Tom Swift and his giant cannon, or, The longest shots on record, Victor Appleton
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The item Tom Swift and his giant cannon, or, The longest shots on record, Victor Appleton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The story opens with a discussion between Barton Swift and an old friend, Alec Peterson. Alec is trying to convince Mr. Swift to finance an expedition to locate a hidden opal mine, but Mr. Swift is reluctant. In the middle of the conversation, Tom is flying one of his airships, but gets tangled up in power lines. Mr. Peterson cuts the wires, saving Tom's life. Tom is so grateful to Mr. Peterson that Tom is willing to finance the expedition himself. In the meanwhile, the story segues to Tom's next invention, a cannon bigger than any that has been built to date. Tom hopes to sell his invention to the United States government, for use in protecting the Panama Canal
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (255 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781775413028
- Label
- Tom Swift and his giant cannon, or, The longest shots on record
- Title
- Tom Swift and his giant cannon, or, The longest shots on record
- Statement of responsibility
- Victor Appleton
- Title variation
-
- Tom Swift and his giant cannon
- Longest shots on record
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The story opens with a discussion between Barton Swift and an old friend, Alec Peterson. Alec is trying to convince Mr. Swift to finance an expedition to locate a hidden opal mine, but Mr. Swift is reluctant. In the middle of the conversation, Tom is flying one of his airships, but gets tangled up in power lines. Mr. Peterson cuts the wires, saving Tom's life. Tom is so grateful to Mr. Peterson that Tom is willing to finance the expedition himself. In the meanwhile, the story segues to Tom's next invention, a cannon bigger than any that has been built to date. Tom hopes to sell his invention to the United States government, for use in protecting the Panama Canal
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Appleton, Victor
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.A652
- LC item number
- T66 2008eb
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Swift, Tom (Fictitious character)
- Ordnance
- Ordnance
- Swift, Tom (Fictitious character)
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Tom Swift and his giant cannon, or, The longest shots on record, Victor Appleton
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 671654960
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (255 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781775413028
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- e93c2d44-3dfe-4a1b-a9b1-0c41f9d2e3df
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)671654960
- Label
- Tom Swift and his giant cannon, or, The longest shots on record, Victor Appleton
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 671654960
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (255 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781775413028
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- e93c2d44-3dfe-4a1b-a9b1-0c41f9d2e3df
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)671654960
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