tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post7687082294784472275..comments2024-03-28T18:51:21.655-04:00Comments on SolderSmoke Daily News: Tom Swift had The KnackBill Mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-33761093852328165072018-07-06T10:08:58.233-04:002018-07-06T10:08:58.233-04:00Do a search for Tom Swift books on Amazon, and you...Do a search for Tom Swift books on Amazon, and you will see lots of Kindle formatted books for free or almost free. One such almost free book is a 28-volume set (in one volume) for $1.99:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Swift-Collection-Halcyon-Classics-ebook/dp/B002Y26XYE/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530885641&sr=1-11&keywords=tom+swift+books<br /><br />I thought it interesting that Howard R. Garis, the man behind the various pseudonyms of young reader novels in those days, was also the author of the Uncle Wiggly stories. My dad had a bound volume of lots of those stories, and used to read them to me as bedtime stories when I was a wee lad. Uncle Wiggly was a kind of a McGyver, as he used to use all sorts of tricks to get away from his various enemies' traps. I also still have a couple of the Tom Swift books in hardback, printed in the early 60's.<br /><br />Maybe that's how I learned the 'knack' back then.<br /><br />Dave, N8SBEDave Newhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606866637455669041noreply@blogger.com