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Tom Swift and his Electric Car: Swift by Name and Swift by Nature!
Tom Swift and his Electric Car Swift by Name and Swift by Nature Author:Victor Appleton Long before Al Gore, Tom Swift built an electric car - it reached speeds of over 100 MPH! The evil criminal syndicate tries to steal the plans and put Tom out of commission. They create a run on a bank where Tom's family has their funds, kidnap Tom, and he's nearly electrocuted! You'll have to read the rest yourself... Tom Swift, the inspira... more »tional boyhood hero of Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, is an all-American young inventor in his teens. These fantastic and future-predicting stories are VERY alive today. Swift was modeled after the entrepreneurial and inventive geniuses Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, who both changed our world more than any other two people. Like Arthur C. Clarke, Swift invented or predicted many modern discoveries including the Taser, camcorder, video-phone, electric car, and several others.« less