''Tom Swift and His Undersea Search'', Or, The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic, is Volume 23 in the original

Tom Swift Tom Swift is the main character of six series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. First published in 1910, the series totals more than 100 volumes. The character was ...

novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.

Plot summary

A Mr. Dixwell Hardley approaches Tom with a proposition to help recover sunken treasure. Mr. Hardley was on board a ship which was carrying gold to help finance an illegal revolution. When the ship sank, Mr. Hardley overheard the captain recording the coordinates. Now he wants Tom's help to recover the gold, under the guise of both financing the expedition as well as rewarding Tom with a portion of the recovered treasure. Unfortunately for Tom, after agreeing to the expedition, he learns that Mr. Hardley is a con-artist, who recently scammed someone out of the oil well rights. Making matters worse, the victim is Barton Keith, a relative of Mary Nestor. Rather than cancel the expedition, Tom decides to carry on in the hopes of restoring Mr. Keith's claims to the oil wells.

Inventions & Innovation

Invention is almost irrelevant to this story. Tom retrofits his submarine, which he built in Volume #4, ''

Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat ''Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure'', is Volume 4 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap. Plot summary Tom Swift's father has been working diligently on a secret project, ...

''. The redesign makes use of electric- and gasoline-powered engines. The hull is doubly strengthened, as the sunken ship is at a greater depth. An exterior version of the great searchlight is affixed to the newly remodeled submarine; and finally, newly strengthened diving suits and a special type of

diving bell A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater work. The most common types are the open-bottomed wet bell and the closed bell, which c ...

have been built for the expedition.

In popular culture

In the episode entitled " Home" of the HBO TV series '' Boardwalk Empire'', the character Jimmy Darmody is given a copy of ''Tom Swift and His Undersea Search'' by a fellow veteran Richard Harrow.

References

External links

''Tom Swift and His Undersea Search'' e-text
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