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by Vance Barnum
"Joe Strong and his wings of steel" by Vance Barnum is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows a daring young circus performer and inventor, Joe Strong, as he attempts to perfect mechanical wings for true birdlike flight while navigating life under the big top, risky aerial feats, and a close friendship-turned-romance with rider Helen Morton. With help and concern from clown Bill Watson and “human fish” Benny Turton, Joe pursues spectacle through ingenuity and nerve. The opening of the novel introduces Joe’s bat-like “wings of steel,” powered by storage batteries and motors, and his first discouraging tests. A troubling letter from England tangles his inheritance, pushing him back to the circus, where he boosts the show’s “ginger” with a prank plunge into the tank act and revives his high-wire motor-cycle stunt. The arrival of pretty animal-trainer Miss Tyndall sparks a brief misunderstanding with Helen after Joe rushes Miss Tyndall’s sick dog to a veterinarian, but it’s soon cleared. News from an engineer brings improved wings; an unmanned test succeeds, and Joe’s first flight lifts cleanly before a rudder issue forces a quick water landing. Unhurt, he and his friends recover the machine, fix the fault, and he prepares to try again.
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- Read time
- 216 min
- Words
- 47,418
- Chapters
- 57
- Paragraphs
- 1,666
- Price
- Free
- Circus performers -- Juvenile fiction
- Flying-machines -- Juvenile fiction
Joe’s plans were unsettled for the next few days.
Los planes de Joe quedaron sin definir durante los siguientes días.
He did not know just what to do, but, in a measure, the matter was decided for him.
No sabía exactamente qué hacer, pero, en cierta medida, el asunto se decidió por él.
A letter came to him from his friend, Jim Tracy, the circus ring-master.
Llegó una carta de su amigo, Jim Tracy, el domador del circo.
“Joe,” wrote one of the owners of the Sampson Brothers’ Show, “I wish you could see your way to come back to us.
«Joe», escribía uno de los propietarios del espectáculo de los hermanos Sampson, «me gustaría que pudieras ver la manera de volver con nosotros.
We are playing to better business now, and I want to make good with the public.
Ahora tenemos mejor negocio, y quiero quedar bien con el público.
We miss your high-wire act.
Echamos de menos tu acto de la barra alta.
Can you come on and join the show?
¿Puedes venir y unirte al espectáculo?
Let your wings of steel go for the present.”
Deja por ahora tus alas de acero».
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- Spanish, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #78067
- Licence
- Public domain in the United States
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