Victor Appleton
Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.
The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton name:
- Tom Swift, 1910–1941
- Motion Picture Chums, 1913–1916
- Moving Picture Boys, 1913–1922
- Movie Boys, 1926–1927
- Don Sturdy, 1925–1935
- Tom Swift, Jr., 1954–1971 (technically, "Victor Appleton II")
- Tom Swift (Third Series), 1981–1984
- Tom Swift (Fourth Series), 1991–1993
Contract authors of these books writing under the name "Victor Appleton" included James Duncan Lawrence, Howard Roger Garis, John W. Duffield, W. Bert Foster, Debra Doyle with James D. Macdonald, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Robert E. Vardeman, Thomas M. Mitchell.
Books by Victor Appleton
Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X
If you haven't come across the 200-book series about Tom Swift Jr, this book would be an interesting one to start with. The series is aimed at the young adult readership, probably male, and the young adolescent hero, Tom Swift Jr is the son of Tom Sw...
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas
Tom Swift is an inventor, and these are his adventures. The locale is the little town of Shopton in upstateNew York, near Lake Carlopa. While some of Tom’s inventions are not well-founded in a scientific sense, others elaborated developments in the n...
Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers
Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, Or, The Secret of Phantom Mountain, is Volume 7 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and his Airship
Tom Swift and His Airship, or, The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud, is Volume 3 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes, is Volume 19 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, The Speediest Car on the Road, is Volume 5 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, The Speediest Flight on Record, is Volume 9 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure, is Volume 4 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and His War Tank
Tom Swift and His War Tank, Or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam, is Volume 21 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message, or, The Castaways of Earthquake Island, is Volume 6 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
The US Government is very smartly letting Tom Swift Jr. handle the recovery of its probe to Jupiter. But a mystery missile suddenly intercepts the probe and splashes it in the South Atlantic. Faced with a huge search task to find the probe on the oc...
Tom Swift in Captivity
Tom Swift in Captivity, or, A Daring Escape by Airship, is Volume 13 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap. The work was also published under the title Tom Swift in Giant Land or, A Daring Escape From Captivity.
Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
Tom Swift In The Land of Wonders, or, The Underground Search For the Idol of Gold, is Volume 20 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Tom Swift and His Motorcycle
Tom Swift, in his first adventure, has purchased a motorcycle and immediately gets busy modifying it. Eager to test his enhancements, Tom volunteers to transport his father's revolutionary turbine design plans across the country roads to Albany. Unaw...
Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat
It follows the thrilling exploits of the eponymous Tom Swift as he builds and tests his latest invention - a powerful motor-boat. Originally published in 1910, "Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat" is part of a larger series of novels featuring the intrepi...
Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice
Tom Swift, a young inventor and adventurer, embarks on a thrilling expedition to the Arctic in his custom-built airship. Driven by the legend of the Valley of Gold, he faces treacherous landscapes, icy conditions, and a rival airship piloted by his n...