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Ben Hardy's flying machine; or, Making a record for himself

Chapter 29: The Webster Series
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The narrative follows a resourceful young machinist's son who engineers a flying machine and seeks recognition at aeronautical contests. Episodes mix workshop work and mechanical problem-solving, friendships and rivalries, an engine-room emergency, construction and testing of experimental craft, a contested meet with a prize and accusations of theft, and several outdoor adventures including a bear encounter and the rescue of a lost aviator. The plot concludes with vindication and return, underscoring ingenuity, courage, teamwork, and fair play.

The Webster Series

By FRANK V. WEBSTER

Mr. Webster’s style is very much like that of the boys’ favorite author, the late lamented Horatio Alger, Jr., but his tales are thoroughly up-to-date.

Cloth. 12mo. Over 200 pages each. Illustrated. Stamped in various colors.

Price per volume, 65 cents, postpaid.

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