Luis Senarens 3 hr 30 min read

The young inventor Frank Reade Jr. builds a wonderful Steam Man and sets out on a thrilling trip across the wild American Far West.

Luis Senarens's 1892 dime novel, under the 'Noname' byline, is a foundational Frank Reade invention-adventure, the first of the celebrated 'Junior' series. Fast, wild, historically pivotal juvenile SF. Read it for a cornerstone of the American 'Edisonade,' where a teen genius and his steam automaton chase adventure out West.

In its time

Published in 1892, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

3 hr 30 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).