Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York

Copyright, 1923, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP


Tom Swift and His Flying Boat

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
IAn Idea and a Fortune[1]
IIThe Treasure Chest[10]
IIIAman Dele[19]
IVA Helping Hand[27]
VWhat Came of It[34]
VIThe Pronouncement[41]
VIIA Good Deal on His Mind[48]
VIIIThe Expedition Sets Off[57]
IXThe Keel is Laid[65]
XBad Luck[73]
XIThe Trial[82]
XIIIn Peril[92]
XIIIA Second Test[100]
XIVAmazing News[109]
XVOn the Wings of the Wind[118]
XVIThe Transatlantic Voyage[125]
XVII“Something Rotten in Denmark”[140]
XVIIIThe Giant Berg[148]
XIXThe Desert of Ice[160]
XXImprisoned in the Ice[165]
XXIA Silver Lining[173]
XXIIBack to the Flying Boat[181]
XXIIIStill Crippled[188]
XXIVUnexpected Good Fortune[195]
XXVBack from the Arctic[203]

TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING BOAT

CHAPTER I
AN IDEA AND A FORTUNE

“I am sure we can build such a flying boat, father.”

“Humph! I wish I had your confidence, Tom,” chuckled Mr. Barton Swift, the old inventor.