tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post6041721178103090975..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Treasure IslandSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-21467073429246149682009-03-20T00:36:00.000-04:002009-03-20T00:36:00.000-04:00I had a number of the Tom Swift books, as well as ...I had a number of the Tom Swift books, as well as more of the Rick Brant Science Adventures. All much newer editions than in your picture. Such memories. <BR/><BR/>I was certain that I would be able to buy my own plane by the time I could drive! That didn't happen but it was a great dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-37388211610437379502009-03-16T19:36:00.000-04:002009-03-16T19:36:00.000-04:00Mine were all weekly reader book club editions. Oh...Mine were all weekly reader book club editions. <BR/><BR/>Oh well, still read and loved them all the same.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521739006999750126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-6629352525640545042009-03-16T15:05:00.000-04:002009-03-16T15:05:00.000-04:00Hello all thanks for reading and commenting.Gerard...Hello all thanks for reading and commenting.<BR/><BR/>Gerard- I'm jut blue-skying here -- you know, throwing things out there; running it up the flagpole to see who salutes; throwing it against the wall to see what sticks -- at any rate -- just two guys talking here; just taking a stab at it; it's just one man's opinion: <BR/><BR/>You should read that Twain book you own. It's pretty good. <BR/><BR/><I>Oustrati is better than castrati.</I>SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-46080693972775760892009-03-16T12:10:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:10:00.000-04:00I have actually owned the top Swift title, can't t...I have actually owned the top Swift title, can't tell about the others. And the Twain as well.<BR/><BR/>(But why is my "Not-Spam" identification word below "Oustrati"?)vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-47881972817692799172009-03-16T10:36:00.000-04:002009-03-16T10:36:00.000-04:00I loved Tom Swift -- it was already in re-publicat...I loved Tom Swift -- it was already in re-publication when I was a kid. Hardy Boys. Tom Sawyer. All of that. We go off into the woods near our neighborhood and recreate those stories all over again. Cowboys and Indians. Re-fight World War II based on the stories our fathers told us. It was glorius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-44845396874780343762009-03-16T08:53:00.000-04:002009-03-16T08:53:00.000-04:00My father has a first-series Tom Swift hardcover t...My father has a first-series Tom Swift hardcover that he hollowed out when he was a kid. He built a crystal radio that fit inside. He figured it was the kind of thing Tom Swift would do, and I think he was right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com