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    Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
    Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
    Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
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    Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout

    Written by Victor Appleton

    Narrated by Patrick Treadway

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    Here's another lighthearted adventure in this popular series of entertaining stories about Tom Swift and his latest inventions. This time it's an electric car. Tom is intent on building an electric car capable of beating all other electrics currently in production. But primarily, he has a personal goal and challenge. He wants to race his chief rival, Andy Foger, and beat him badly. Herein lies an exciting account of how automobile races were conducted in the early 1900s...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion
    Release dateDec 12, 2013
    ISBN9781614535072
    Author

    Victor Appleton

    Victor Appleton is the author of the classic Tom Swift books.

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