
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
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About This Book
On the Trail of the Space Pirates is the third in a series first published in the 1950's and was the inspiration for many science fiction movies and television shows of the period. Filled with action, intrigue and good old fashioned values, The Tom Corbett Space Cadet Adventures still hold the page turning power they did when they were originally published. In this adventure, pirates have cracked the security of the Solar Alliance and war has broken out in space. Tom, Roger and Astro are trapped tight in the center of all the action when Tom goes undercover on the pirate leader's spaceship. In...
Chapters (35)
- ON THE TRAIL OF THE SPACE PIRATES
- A TOM CORBETT Space Cadet Adventure
- WILLY LEY Technical Adviser ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS GLANZMAN
- GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers New York COPYRIGHT, 1953, BY ROCKHILL RADIO ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Transcriber's note: This is a rule 6 clearance. PG has not been able to find a copyright renewal for this book.]
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ON THE TRAIL OF THE SPACE PIRATES
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- Hawks stood up and eyed the two men coldly
- CHAPTER 3
- Tom saw three pretty girls board the ship
- CHAPTER 4
- The hatch opened again and the two spacemen entered the air lock
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- The scar-faced man obviously wanted something from Tom
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- CHAPTER 12
- The young cadet timed his move perfectly
- CHAPTER 13
- CHAPTER 14
- CHAPTER 15
- CHAPTER 16
- All Solar Guard defense measures seemed to be futile
- CHAPTER 17
- CHAPTER 18
- CHAPTER 19
- CHAPTER 20
- Astro and Coxine were locked in mortal combat
- THE TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET STORIES
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