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[In Order] "Motor Matt" Series

Updated: Feb 19, 2024

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 all of the books so you can find them easier. You can use the Gutenberg link inside each post to continue reading beyond the first chapter.


  1. Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel

  2. Motor Matt's Daring; or, True to His Friends

  3. Motor Matt's "Century" Run; or, The Governor's Courier

  4. Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the Comet

  5. Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot

  6. Motor Matt's Red Flyer; or, On the High Gear

  7. Motor Matt's Clue; or, The Phantom Auto

  8. Motor Matt's Triumph; or, Three Speeds Forward

  9. Motor Matt's Air Ship; or, The Rival Inventors

  10. Motor Matt's Hard Luck; or, The Balloon-House Plot

  11. Motor Matt's Daring Rescue; or, The Strange Case of Helen Brady

  12. Motor Matt's Peril; or, Cast Away in the Bahamas

  13. Motor Matt's Queer Find; or, The Secret of the Iron Chest

  14. Motor Matt's Promise; or, The Wreck of the Hawk

  15. Motor Matt's Submarine; or, The Strange Cruise of the Grampus

  16. Motor Matt's Quest; or Three Chums in Strange Waters

  17. Motor Matt's Close Call; or, The Snare of Don Carlos

  18. Motor Matt in Brazil; or, Under The Amazon

  19. Motor Matt's Defiance; or, Around the Horn

  20. Motor Matt Makes Good; or, Another Victory For the Motor Boys

  21. Motor Matt's Launch; or, A Friend in Need

  22. Motor Matt's Enemies; or, A Struggle for the Right

  23. Motor Matt's Prize; or, The Pluck That Wins

  24. Motor Matt on the Wing; or, Flying for Fame and Fortune

  25. Motor Matt's Reverse; or, Caught in a Losing Cause

  26. Motor Matt's Make-and-Break; or, Advancing the Spark of Friendship

  27. Motor Matt's Engagement; or, On the Road with a Show

  28. Motor Matt's Short Circuit; or, The Mahout's Vow

  29. Motor Matt's Make Up; or, Playing a New Role

  30. Motor Matt's Mandarin; or, Turning a Trick for Tsan Ti

  31. Motor Matt's Mariner; or, Filling the Bill for Bunce

  32. Motor Matt's Double Trouble; or, The Last of the Hoodoo

  33. A Taxicab Tangle; or, The Mission of the Motor Boys

  34. A Hoodoo Machine; or, The Motor Boys' Runabout No. 1313


Now, there is the question of whether I'm going to continue posting Motor Matt chapters. I would like to, but there are antiquated stereotypes and language that I don't approve of. I have been wrestling with the question for almost a week now. I'm leaning toward posting more chapters because I'd like to see how the author, Stanley R. Matthews, formulates his work.


With that in mind, I would post all of the second chapters, then the third chapters, and so on. The idea is to see what's similar about each chapter in the books. For example, all of the first chapters introduce characters. What is the formula for the second chapters? How does the formula continue throughout the books? When I've posted all of Motor Matt, I'll make a follow-up post detailing my findings.


That is if I decide to go forward with posting more Motor Matt.

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