Luis Senarens 2 hr 34 min read

In his air wonder 'The Kite,' boy-inventor Frank Reade Jr. embarks on a six weeks' flight over the Andes, battling brigands amid explosions and derring-do.

Luis Senarens's 1902 dime novel, under the 'Noname' byline, is a fast Frank Reade invention-adventure high above South America. Breathless, illustrated juvenile SF. Read it for wild turn-of-the-century pulp thrills, a wonderful flying machine and a teen hero against mountain bandits.

In its time

Published in 1902, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

2 hr 34 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).