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
References
References
- 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
External links
- 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 the 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