Victor Appleton

House pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate
Cover of The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front

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

  • Roy Rockwood

References

  1. ^ James D. Keeline, Stratemeyer Syndicate
  2. ^ John Axe, All About Collecting Boys' Series Books, pages 15-16, Hobby House Press, 2002
  3. ^ Howard R. Garis papers
  4. ^ Open Library on James Duncan Lawrence

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  • children's literature portal
  • 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 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 Edit this at Wikidata
  • Victor Appleton II at LC Authorities (35 records), at WorldCat, and at ISFDB
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