Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the Comet by Stanley R. Matthews
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47087.html.images | 221 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47087.epub3.images | 474 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47087.epub.images | 475 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47087.epub.noimages | 152 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47087.kf8.images | 567 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47087.kindle.images | 539 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47087.txt.utf-8 | 201 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/47087/pg47087-h.zip | 487 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
About this eBook
| Author | Matthews, Stanley R. |
|---|---|
| Title | Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the Comet |
| Note | Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) |
| Summary | "Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the Comet" by Stanley R. Matthews is a thrilling adventure novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Motor Matt, also known as Matt King, and his friends as they navigate a series of daring escapades involving fast cars, stampeding cattle, and crime. The opening sets up the camaraderie among the characters and hints at an underlying mystery, particularly concerning their friend Clip, who is caught up in a dangerous situation connected to a notorious figure from his past. The opening of the novel introduces Motor Matt and his friends on a leisurely ride through the hills in Phoenix, where they encounter a stampede of cattle. Their joyride quickly turns chaotic as they must dodge the advancing herd, showcasing Matt's driving skills and quick thinking. This event leads to a deeper plot involving Clip and a mysterious half-breed named Pima Pete, who has connections to a gang of criminals. Tension mounts when it is revealed that circumstances are swirling around a stolen bag of gold, which connects to Clip's family, trapping him in a complex web of loyalty and suspicion. As the boys journey unfolds, themes of friendship, adventure, and the quest for justice begin to take shape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Dime novels |
| Subject | Motorcycles -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Arizona -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Mechanics -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 47087 |
| Release Date | Oct 10, 2014 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 58 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
