American Pep: A Tale of America's Efficiency
New York: The Robert J. Shores Corporation, 1918.
Price: $500.00
Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Frank Keane. Octavo. Just about fine in a tattered dust jacket. Jacket copy refers to this as "The Year's Greatest Mystery Story!" Apparently a mystery novel set in Pennsylvania, where a group of railroad men are pressed into service to protect and transport America's new super explosive, S.H. ("Sky High"), as German spies attempt to thwart them at every turn. On the front flap the author is noted as "an excellent locomotive engineer." In *Hubin*, with additional elements of science fiction. Rare in jacket.
Item #622246
