Tom Swift and his big dirigible : $b or, Adventures over the forest of fire
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"Tom Swift and his big dirigible" by Victor Appleton is a juvenile adventure novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on young inventor Tom Swift as he undertakes the construction of the largest all‑metal airship, the Silver Cloud, for the impatient industrialist Martin Jardine, while balancing family life and rising suspicions of sabotage. Alongside Tom are his wife Mary, his aging father, loyal friend Ned Newton, the exuberant Mr. Damon, and a dubious dwarf whose arrival hints at trouble.
The opening of the story introduces Jardine’s bold commission: an all‑metal dirigible built of his new “oralum” alloy, able to carry fifty passengers and range ten thousand miles; Tom hesitates, then agrees despite vacation plans. A blaze in Tom’s House on Wheels—sparked by stored fireworks for Mary’s birthday—adds early tension, while work on the Silver Cloud proceeds amid Ned’s doubts about Jardine. Tom’s father faints from overwork and the mountain trip to Mt. Camon is postponed, then
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