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[In Order] "Motor Matt" Series
The entire Motor Matt series is available online. So far, I have posted the first chapter of each book in the series. Here is a list of...
Kayla Draney
Jan 29, 20242 min read


A Hoodoo Machine; or, The Motor Boys' Runabout No. 1313 by Stanley R. Matthews
“Sufferin’ whirligigs, Pard Matt! Look at that bubble wagon! Is it trying to turn a handspring, or ‘skin the cat,’ or climb that ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 25, 20247 min read


A Taxicab Tangle; or, The Mission of the Motor Boys by Stanley R. Matthews
“For its size, pard, I reckon this is about the biggest town on the map. We’ve been here five days, and the traffic squad has been busy ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 25, 20248 min read


Motor Matt's Double Trouble; or, The Last of the Hoodoo by Stanley R. Matthews
Craft and greed showed in the eyes of the hatchet-faced Chinaman. He seemed to have been in deep slumber in the car seat, but the ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 25, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Mariner; or, Filling the Bill for Bunce by Stanley R. Matthews
"It's three long and weary hours, pard before the boat for New York ties up at the landing. You don't want to cool your heels in the ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 25, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Mandarin; or, Turning a Trick for Tsan Ti by Stanley R. Matthews
"Sufferin' treadmills! Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath. How much farther have we got to go?"
"Not ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Make Up; or, Playing a New Role by Stanley R. Matthews
"Hello, dere, Viskers!" grinned Carl Pretzel, reaching up to grab the hairy paw of the Zulu chief.
"Howdy, Dutch!" answered the chief, ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Short Circuit; or, The Mahout's Vow by Stanley R. Matthews
A brown man in a white turban sat by the river. It was night, and a little fire of sticks sent strange gleams sparkling across the ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Engagement; or, On the Road with a Show by Stanley R. Matthews
Strange, how a few harmless ingredients, thrown together and mixed, will set the trouble pot a-boiling.
Saltpeter is an innocent and ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Make-and-Break; or, Advancing the Spark of Friendship by Stanley R. Matthews
"Where's the old man, Prebbles?"
"Don't ask me, Jim. I haven't a notion."
"Well, there's a letter for him."
The postman dropped a ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Reverse; or, Caught in a Losing Cause by Stanley R. Matthews
"There's no use talkin', Siwash," and Pecos Jones leaned disgustedly back against the earth wall of the dugout; "he's got one o' these ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt on the Wing; or, Flying for Fame and Fortune by Stanley R. Matthews
"Mr. Amos Murgatroyd?"
"My name."
Amos Murgatroyd whirled around in his office chair and measured his caller with a pair of little, ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Prize; or, The Pluck That Wins by Stanley R. Matthews
"Woosh!"
"Fo' de lan' sakes!"
Then followed a bump, a clatter of displaced stones, and sounds of a fall. When quiet once more ensued, ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20246 min read


Motor Matt's Enemies; or, A Struggle for the Right by Stanley R. Matthews
"Do you know what you're doing, John?"
"If I didn't, Ollie, I wouldn't be doing it. I'm not one of these fellows who take a jump in the ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20248 min read


Motor Matt's Launch; or, A Friend in Need by Stanley R. Matthews
"What next?"
Not often does a boy put that question to himself and receive an answer as quickly as Motor Matt received his.
The king ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt Makes Good; or, Another Victory For the Motor Boys by Stanley R. Matthews
"Great spark plugs!"
"Strike me lucky!"
"Py shiminy Grismus!"
There were three surprised and excited boys on the rounded deck of the ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20248 min read


Motor Matt's Defiance; or, Around the Horn by Stanley R. Matthews
"We have finished repainting the ship, Captain Ichi."
"Very good, lieutenant."
"What flag shall we fly?"
"Where are we?"
"Off Cape ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20246 min read


Motor Matt in Brazil; or, Under The Amazon by Stanley R. Matthews
"Look at the chart, Dick. Unless I'm off in my reckoning, those blue things in the distance, that look like clouds, are the mountains of ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Close Call; or, The Snare of Don Carlos by Stanley R. Matthews
Carl Pretzel was singing. If anyone with an ear for music had heard him they might have guessed that he was selling fish, or buying old ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read


Motor Matt's Quest; or Three Chums in Strange Waters by Stanley R. Matthews
"Motor Matt!"
"What is it, captain?"
"We are in St. George's Bay, ten miles from the Port of Belize, British Honduras. Two days ago, ...
Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read
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