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.[1]
The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton and Victor Appleton II names:[2]
- 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
Howard R. Garis contributed to the original Tom Swift series.[3] James Duncan Lawrence wrote 23 of the Tom Swift, Jr. novels.[4]
See also
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edit- ^ James D. Keeline, Stratemeyer Syndicate
- ^ John Axe, All About Collecting Boys' Series Books, pages 15-16, Hobby House Press, 2002
- ^ Howard R. Garis papers
- ^ Open Library on James Duncan Lawrence
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Victor Appleton.
- Works by Victor Appleton at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Victor Appleton II at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Victor Appleton at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Victor Appleton at the Internet Archive
- Works by Victor Appleton at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Victor Appleton at Library of Congress, with 102 library catalog records
- Victor Appleton at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Victor Appleton II at LC Authorities (35 records), at WorldCat, and at ISFDB
