About This Book
The Cuban-American Jules Verne, Luis Senarens, created the world's first science fiction series with this classic series of adventure and high-tech invention! Teenage super inventor Frank Reade Junior revolutionized the 1880's with his unimaginable technological wonders such as self-powered horseless carriages, flying machines, underwater boats, and even spaceships. Volume 1 collects his first five red-hot, steam-powered adventures: Book 1: Frank Reade Junior And His New Steam Man: Or, The Young Inventor's Trip To The Far West. Young Frank Reade Junior, the greatest inventor of his age, debuts his first unbelievable invention: a steam-powered horseless carriage. Book 2: Frank Reade Junior With His Steam Man In No Man's Land: Or; On A Mysterious Trail. Frank Reade Junior rides to adventure to No Man's Land, the deadly wilderness known today as the Oklahoma Panhandle, home to the most treacherous outlaws the West had to offer. Book 3: Frank Reade Junior With His New Steam Man In Central America. Frank plunges headfirst into the dangerous Mayan jungles to rescue a friend in a lost city. Book 4: Frank Reade Junior With His Steam Man In Texas: Or, Chasing The Train Robbers. Frank's friend will hang for a crime he didn't commit unless Frank can somehow find proof of his innocence! Book 5: Frank Reade Junior With His New Steam Man In Mexico: Hot Work Among The Bandidos. The richest gold mine in Mexico has been stolen! Villanous bandidos have slaughtered the miners and kidnapped the rightful owner, Frank Reade Junior's old friend!
