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"Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being an engineer gave him the ability to
invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children."
~~~ Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, Inc. [est. 1975]

The Story Tom Swift was a young inventor and adventurer of Shopton, New York who made airships and submarines and other fantastic gadgets which were instrumental in his exploits around the world. Inventive genius ran in the family: his father, Barton Swift, stayed mostly in the background and ran the business end, handing off each project to Tom. Tom dated Mary Nestor and married her in 1929. Tom Swift, Junior took the family’s inventions into the electronic and atomic ages and to interplanetary space. Other recurring characters include housekeeper Mrs. Baggert, sidekicks Ned Newton and Bud Barclay, Chow Winkler, and colorful old Wakefield Damon.

History of The Books Edward Stratemeyer [1862-1930] began writing dime novel book series for juveniles with "The Rover Boys" in 1899 for publisher Grosset & Dunlap; he followed with "The Bobbsey Twins" in 1904. He founded the Stratemeyer Syndicate in 1906 to manage his success. Further series were "Tom Swift" in 1910, "Baseball Joe" in 1912, "The Hardy Boys" in 1927, and "Nancy Drew" in 1930. Stratemeyer died in 1930 at age 67. His two daughters took over the company, starting "The Dana Girls" in 1934, which was less successful than their father's series, and "Tom Swift, Jr." in 1954. Daughter Harriet died in 1982, and the heirs sold the Stratemeyer Syndicate to Simon & Schuster, who continues to publish new & re-issued works.
The 'Rover Boys' series ran for 30 books, 1899-1926. 'Bobbsey Twins' consisted of two series: 72 books, 1904-1979 and 30 books, 1987-1992. The 'Hardy Boys' was originally 59 books, 1927-59. Grosset & Dunlap rewrote and re-issued both Hardy Boys (39 books) and Nancy Drew beginning in 1959 to excise racial and other stereotypes. Simon & Schuster published a second Hardy Boys series of 132 volumes, 1979-2005, and a third series with grade-school-age Hardy Boys (Secret Files - 19 books so far, 2010-2015). The Nancy Drew series began with 64 books, 1930-1981 at Grosset & Dunlap, and continued at Simon & Schuster with 111 books, 1982-2003. Both Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys tales have been produced for televison and feature films.

The Tom Swift books are published in five series: the original Tom Swift series by 'Victor Appleton' was forty volumes published between 1910 and 1941; the Tom Swift, Jr. series of 33 volumes by 'Victor Appleton II' was published between 1954 and 1971; the 11-volume 'Tom Swift in Outer Space' series was published between 1981 and 1984 (two manuscripts remain unpublished); the Tom Swift, Jr. second series {or series IV} of 13 volumes was published from 1991 to 1993; the 'Tom Swift, Young Inventor' series of seven volumes was published from 2006 to 2007. No Tom Swift works have been produced for the stage; many attempts have been made to produce TV or feature films about Tom Swift (adapted or newly-created), but no such completed Tom Swift works exist to-date.

The Books Series
The original Tom Swift series was forty volumes published between 1910 and 1941; the Tom Swift, Jr. series of 33 volumes was published between 1954 and 1971; the 11-volume 'Tom Swift in Outer Space' series was published between 1981 and 1984; the Tom Swift, Jr. second series {or series IV} of 13 volumes was published from 1991 to 1993; the 'Tom Swift, Young Inventor' series of seven volumes was published from 2006 to 2007.

"Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera; or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures" [#14 = 1912]
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1283

"Tom Swift and His Flying Boat; or, Castaways of The Giant Iceberg" [#26 = 1923]

"Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher; or, The Treasure of Goby Farm" [#27 = 1924]

"Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets; or, Tracing The Stolen Inventions" [#28 = 1925]

"Tom Swift and His Airline Express; or, From Ocean To Ocean By Daylight" [#29 = 1926]

"Tom Swift Circling The Globe; or, The Daring Cruise of The Air Monarch" [#30 = 1927]

"Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures; or, The Greatest Invention On Record" [#31 = 1928]

Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures 1928 dime novel by Victor Appleton (house name)

Written by Howard Garis, as house name 'Victor Appleton'
Tom Swift invents a large-screen color TV with high-fidelity sound {written in 1928!}; various movie and legitimate theatre executives panic and resort to sabotage, subterfuge, kidnapping, and even attempted murder to stop Tom's device from being marketed.
not available as individual ebook for Kindle (2015) nor on either Project Gutenberg or Internet Archive
Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1928] out of print/used
Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1928] out of print/used
Grosset & Dunlap 7½x5¼ hardcover [1928] out of print/used

"Tom Swift and His House On Wheels; or, A Trip Around The Mountain of Mystery" [#32 = 1929]

"Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible; or, Adventures Over The Forest of Fire" [#33 = 1930]

"Tom Swift and His Giant Magnet; or, Bringing Up The Lost Submarine" [#35 = 1932]

"Tom Swift and His Television Detector; or, Trailing The Secret Plotters" [#36 = 1933]

"Tom Swift and His Planet Stone; or, Discovering The Secret of Another World" [#38 = 1935]

"Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster" [Jr #5 = 1954] by James Duncan Lawrence

"Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane" [Jr #10 = 1957] by James Duncan Lawrence

"Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope" [Jr #14 = 1959] by James Duncan Lawrence

"Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector" [Jr #15 = 1960] by James Duncan Lawrence

"Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar" [Jr #19 = 1962] by James Duncan Lawrence

"Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober" [Jr #20 = 1962] by James Duncan Lawrence

"Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere" [Jr #25 = 1965] by James Duncan Lawrence

"Terror On The Moons of Jupiter" [OS #2 = 1981] by Bill Rotsler & Sharmon Divono - introduction of Aristotle the Robot

"Chaos On Earth" [OS #12 = ms exists, not published] by Neal Barrett, Jr.
"The Micro World" [OS #13 = ms exists, not published] by Neal Barrett, Jr.

"Cyborg Kickboxer" [Jr2 #3 = 1991] by Steven Grant
'A new source of power ... a new force of destruction!' • Tom Swift's new invention – a computer-controlled exo-skeleton that achieves maximum muscle fitness – backfires when an unscrupulous kickboxer threatens to exploit the invention, and soon Tom must don the high-tech armor to fight him.
Pocket Books mass pb [6/91] out of print/40+ used

Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thrillers by Franklin W. Dixon
"Time Bomb" [8/1992]
"The Alien Factor" [6/1993]

"The Adventures of Tom Swift" omnibus books [2010-2012]

'Adventures of Tom Swift' Omnibus, Volume 1

'Adventures of Tom Swift' Omnibus, Volume 2

"Volume One: Four Complete Novels" [2010]
"Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle" [#1 = 1910], "Tom Swift and His Motor Boat" [#2 = 1910], "Tom Swift and His Airship" [#3 = 1910], and "Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat" [#4 = 1910]
Brownstone Books 9x6 pb [3/2010] for $14.95
"Volume Two: Four Complete Novels" [2010]
"Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout" [#5 = 1910], "Tom Swift and His Wireless Message" [#6 = 1911], "Tom Swift Among The Diamond Makers" [#7 = 1911], and "Tom Swift In The Caves of Ice" [#8 = 1911]
Brownstone Books 9x6 pb [12/2010] for $14.99
"Volume Three: Four Complete Novels" [2012]
"Tom Swift and His Sky Racer" [#9 = 1911], "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle" [#10 = 1911], "Tom Swift In The City of Gold" [#11 = 1912], and "Tom Swift and His Air Glider" [#12 = 1912]
Brownstone Books 9x6 pb [12/2012] for $14.99
"Volume Four: Four Complete Novels" [2012]
"Tom Swift In Captivity" [#13 = 1912], "Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera" [#14 = 1912], "Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight" [#15 = 1912], and "Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon" [#16 = 1913]
Brownstone Books 9x6 pb [12/2012] for $14.99
"Volume Five: Four Complete Novels" [2012]
"Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone" [#17 = 1914], "Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship" [#18 = 1915], "Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel" [#19 = 1916], and "Tom Swift In The Land of Wonders" [#20 = 1917]
Brownstone Books 9x6 pb [12/2012] for $14.99
"Volume Six: Five Complete Novels" [2012]
"Tom Swift and His War Tank" [#21 = 1918], "Tom Swift and His Air Scout" [#22 = 1919], "Tom Swift and His Undersea Search" [#23 = 1920], "Tom Swift Among The Fire Fighters" [#24 = 1921], and "Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive" [#25 = 1922]
Brownstone Books 9x6 pb [12/2012] for $17.50

	"The Tom Swift 27 Book Collection by Victor Appleton" for Kindle [2008] Kindle Edition from Old LandMark Publng [2/2008] for $3.99 same first 25 public domain novels as above, with the addition of "Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope" [#39 = 1939] and "Tom Swift and His Magnetic Silencer" [#40 = 1941]
	"The Tom Swift Collection: 28 Novels by Victor Appleton in One Volume" for Kindle [2009] Kindle Edition from Halcyon Press, Ltd. [11/2009] for $1.99 same first 25 public domain novels as above, with the addition of "Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope" [#39 = 1939], "Tom Swift, Jr. and The Visitor From Planet X" [Jr #17 = 1961], and "Tom Swift, Jr. and The Electronic Hydrolung" [Jr #18 = 1961]
	"The Tom Swift Megapack™: 25 Complete Novels by Victor Appleton" for Kindle [2012] Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [4/2012] for 99¢ {sic} same first 25 public domain novels of the famous Grosset & Dunlap series as above in chronological order, with original cover illustrations

The Author
The pseudonym 'Victor Appleton' was used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packagers from 1910, and is best known from use on the various Tom Swift book series.
The Appleton 'house name' was also used on the "Moving Picture Boys" series (1913–1922), the "Don Sturdy" series (1925-1935), and the "Movie Boys" series (1926–1927).
Known ghostwriters of these books included Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, John Almquist, William Dougherty, Debra Doyle with James D. Macdonald, John W. Duffield, W. Bert Foster, Howard Roger Garis, James Duncan Lawrence, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Thomas M. Mitchell, Thomas Mulvey, Edward Stratemeyer, and Robert E. Vardeman.
browse 'Victor Appleton' Store {returns 30 Tom Swift titles} at Amazon
search books on 'Victor Appleton' {returns 570+ titles} at Amazon
author entry at Wikipedia

33 books by Victor Appleton are available as free online etexts at Project Gutenberg

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	"Tom Swift & Company: Boys' Books By Stratemeyer and Others" [1982] by John T. Dizer McFarland & Co. 9x6 hardcover [1982] out of print/used
	"Tom Swift, The Bobbsey Twins and Other Heroes of American Juvenile Literature" [1997] by John T. Dizer Edwin Mellen Press 9x6 pb [9/97] for $79.95 Edwin Mellen Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/97] out of print/used

Spirit of America Bookstore'Tom Swift' Book Series Page

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'Tom Swift' Book Series Page