Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship; Or, Driven Adrift in the Frozen Sky.
Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship; Or, Driven Adrift in the Frozen Sky.
In the vein of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells comes this rip-roaring early science fiction adventure. Frank Reade, Jr., a teenage prodigy of invention, watches in horror as young Walter Grey is shanghaied by corrupt lawyer Alfred Milburn and his crew of villainous sailors on the whaler Red Eric. Armed with nothing but his wits and his most daring creation yet, an electric-powered flying ice ship capable of navigating both sea and sky, Frank launches a desperate rescue mission into the frozen hell of the Arctic. The crew faces shipwreck on the ice-locked shores of Nova Zembla, mutinous sailors, and the brutal Arctic elements. Along for the ride are the loyal Irishman Barney O'Shea and the trusty mechanic Pomp, whose quick thinking saves the day more than once. This is turn-of-the-century adventure fiction at its most gleefully inventive: part rescue narrative, part celebration of American ingenuity, and entirely unafraid to let a teenager with the right gadgetry take on the world.
