Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle and Other Works by Victor Appleton

by Victor Appleton

This Halcyon Classics eBook collection contains twenty-eight Tom Swift novels, including the first Tom Swift book, 'Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle.' Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.



Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle
Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
Tom Swift and His Airship
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message
Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers
Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle
Tom Swift in the City of Gold
Tom Swift and His Air Glider
Tom Swift in Captivity
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera
Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon
Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel
Tom Swift In the Land of Wonders
Tom Swift and His War Tank
Tom Swift and His Air Scout
Tom Swift and His Undersea Search
Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X

3484 pages, Kindle Edition

About the author

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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_...

The character of Tom Swift was conceived in 1910 by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging company. Stratemeyer invented the series to capitalize on the market for children's science adventure. The Syndicate's authors created the Tom Swift books by first preparing an outline with all the plot elements, followed by drafting and editing the detailed manuscript. The books were published under the house name of Victor Appleton. Edward Stratemeyer and Howard Garis wrote most of the volumes in the original series; Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, wrote the last three volumes. The first Tom Swift series ended in 1941.
In 1954, Harriet Adams created the Tom Swift, Jr., series, which was published under the name "Victor Appleton II". Most titles were outlined and plotted by Adams. The texts were written by various writers, among them William Dougherty, John Almquist, Richard Sklar, James Duncan Lawrence, Tom Mulvey and Richard McKenna. The Tom Swift, Jr., series ended in 1971.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift

Reviews

[Bcoghill Coghill]

The first installment was written in 1910, this has some outrageous passages. It has embarrassing racist characters. Similar attitudes toward the homeless and women. Also it opens with Tom being run off the road by a villain in what clearly is an accident, but several times our hero collides with people and frightens horses making one wonder about Tom's driving skills. Still, it is a story from another time and place.