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Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle
Fun and Adventure on the Road
by Victor Appleton
Part 1 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the first of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom repairs a wrecked motorcycle, then uses it to deliver some important patents to a lawyer on behalf of his father, Barton Swift. When the papers are stolen by the Happy Harry gang, Tom must find a way to retrieve them.
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Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle
by Victor Appleton
Part 1 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
The story of Tom Swift's wish for a motorcycle and how his wish is granted unexpectedly.
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Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat
by Victor Appleton
Part 2 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
The tale of great boat races and thrilling experiences with Tom Swift the boatman.
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Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat
The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
by Victor Appleton
Part 2 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the second of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom overhauls a speedboat and once again faces the Happy Harry gang in a tale of theft and adventure.
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Tom Swift and His Airship
by Victor Appleton
Part 3 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Are you all ready, Tom? "All ready, Mr. Sharp," replied a young man, who was stationed near some complicated apparatus, while the questioner, a dark man, with a nervous manner, leaned over a large tank. "I'm going to turn on the gas now," went on the man. "Look out for yourself. I'm not sure what may happen." "Neither am I, but I'm ready for it. If it does explode it can't do much damage."
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Tom Swift and His Airship
The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud
by Victor Appleton
Part 3 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the third of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom and balloonist John Sharp construct a combination dirigible/aeroplane, and once again encounter the criminal activities of the Happy Harry gang.
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Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
by Victor Appleton
Part 4 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Published in 1910, this is the story of Tom Swift and his submarine boat.
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Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure
by Victor Appleton
Part 4 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the fourth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom and his father, Barton Swift, race to build a submersible for the chance at a government prize, but must face off against a rival firm in pursuit of sunken treasure.
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Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
The Speediest Car on the Road
by Victor Appleton
Part 5 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the fifth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom and his father, Barton Swift, race their electric automobile across a 500-mile endurance course, and face challenges along the way.
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Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
by Victor Appleton
Part 5 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Quiet Vision tracks Tom Swift from "His Motor Cycle" to "His Electric Locomotive." Many characters reoccur through the series including: Mary Nestor, who Tom eventually marries, Mr. Damon who is always blessing almost everything, Eradicate Sampson and his mule Boomerang who is braver and more intelligent than assumed and many others. Called an inventor, Tom Swift is more of a talented mechanic with a special love for airships and airplanes.
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Tom Swift and His Wireless Message
by Victor Appleton
Part 6 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Published in 1911, this is the story of Tom Swift and his Wireless Message.
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Tom Swift and His Wireless Message
The Castaways of Earthquake Island
by Victor Appleton
Part 6 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the sixth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom crashes an electric airplane onto a deserted island. It's up to Tom to communicate with the outside world and rescue the stranded adventurers.
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Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers
The Secret of Phantom Mountain
by Victor Appleton
Part 7 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the seventh of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom goes in search of man-made diamonds, but winds up captured and held prisoner.
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Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers
by Victor Appleton
Part 7 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, or, the Secret of Phantom Mountain by Victor Appleton is book number 7 in the original Tom Swift series.
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Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice
by Victor Appleton
Part 8 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Tom Swift and friends journey to the Arctic in Tom's custom airship to seek the legendary Valley of Gold. When his map is stolen by his longtime nemesis, Andy Foger, who has himself built a competing airship, the race is on across frigid Alaska to see who will be the first to find the limitless fortune.
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Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice
The Wreck of the Airship
by Victor Appleton
Part 8 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the eighth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom flies his airship on a treasure hunt, searching for a valley of gold in Alaska.
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Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
by Victor Appleton
Part 9 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
No. I'm through for to-day, replied Tom. "I'm glad to see you. I thought at first it was my chum, Ned Newton. He generally runs over in the evening." "Our society, as I wrote you, Mr. Swift, is planning to hold a very large and important aviation meet at Eagle Park, which is a suburb of Westville, New York State. We expect to have all the prominent 'bird-men' there, to compete for prizes, and your name was mentioned. I wrote to you, as you doubtless recall, asking if you did not care to enter".
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Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
The Quickest Flight on Record
by Victor Appleton
Part 9 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the ninth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom designs and builds a two-seat monoplane, but the plans go missing.
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Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle
by Victor Appleton
Part 10 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
The Stratemeyer syndicate used the pseudonym Victor Appleton when writing several series for boys including Tom Swift. Edward Stratemeyer did the original outlines for the series, which was published between 1910 and 1941. Tom Swift was a genius inventor. He specialized in technology especially related to transportation. Later the series was followed by the Tom Swift Jr. series. Tom and Ned Newton are reviewing financial records when a fire breaks out at the fireworks factory in town. They rescue Josephus Baxter, who is in the factory developing a new dye. During the havoc caused by the fire Mr. Baxter loses the formula, but he is positive that the owners of the factory have stolen it.
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Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle
Daring Adventures on Elephant Island
by Victor Appleton
Part 10 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the tenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom goes hunting for ivory in Africa, and encounters an adventurer who is trying to rescue a captured missionary team.
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Tom Swift in the City of Gold
by Victor Appleton
Part 11 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
High-spirited young Tom Swift is off on another of his many exciting adventures. This time he's in search of gold in an underground lost city. Tom finds the lost city in a remote area of Mexico, and he finds the gold. Getting into the city was difficult for the adventurers, but when they try to get out, then their real adventure begins. Tom and his companions find themselves trapped in an underground city which contains as many traps and mazes as an Egyptian pyramid.
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Tom Swift: Tom Swift in the City of Gold
Marvelous Adventures Underground
by Victor Appleton
Part 11 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the eleventh of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom once goes hunting for Mexican treasure, supposedly protected by a tribe of head hunters.
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Tom Swift and His Air Glider
by Victor Appleton
Part 12 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Well, Ned, are you ready? "Oh, I suppose so, Tom. As ready as I ever shall be." "Why, Ned Newton, you're not getting afraid; are you? And after you've been on so many trips with me?" "No, it isn't exactly that, Tom. I'd go in a minute if you didn't have this new fangled thing on your airship. But how do you know how it's going to work-or whether it will work at all? We may come a cropper."
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Tom Swift: Tom Swift and His Air Glider
Seeking the Platinum Treasure
by Victor Appleton
Part 12 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the twelfth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom ventures to Russia in search of platinum.
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Tom Swift in Captivity
by Victor Appleton
Part 13 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Tom Swift in Captivity is book number 13 of the Tom Swift series. In this adventure Tom, Ned, Mr. Damon and Eradicate travel to South America in search of a tribe of giants. Sam Preston, the owner of a large circus puts Tom and his friends on the trail of these huge creatures. Of course our hero and his friends pass through numerous hazards, wild animals, and of course, the dastardly bad guy. Travel along as John W. Michaels narrates this early piece of Americana.
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Tom Swift: Tom Swift in Captivity
A Daring Escape by Airship
by Victor Appleton
Part 13 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the thirteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom is sent to procure a South American giant for a circus sideshow act.
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Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera
by Victor Appleton
Part 14 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Published in 1912, this is the story of Tom Swift and his wizard camera.
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Tom Swift: Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera
Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures
by Victor Appleton
Part 14 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the fourteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom is engaged to construct an electric motion-picture camera and gather newsreel footage.
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Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight
by Victor Appleton
Part 15 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Published in 1912, this is the adventures of Tom Swift and his great searchlight.
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Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight
On the Border for Uncle Sam
by Victor Appleton
Part 15 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the fifteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom invents a searchlight for the purpose of tracking down smugglers.
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Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon
by Victor Appleton
Part 16 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Published in 1913, this is the story of Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon.
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Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon
The Longest Shots on Record
by Victor Appleton
Part 16 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the sixteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom and his father go in search of treasure along the Panama canal, and Tom develops a new type of artillery.
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Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone
by Victor Appleton
Part 17 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
"Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone" by Victor Appleton is book number 17 in the original Tom Swift series.
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Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone
The Picture That Saved a Fortune
by Victor Appleton
Part 17 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the seventeenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom develops a precursor to twenty-first-century communication methods, and must use his invention to track down a group of unscrupulous financial manipulators.
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Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship
by Victor Appleton
Part 18 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, The Naval Terror of the Seas, is Volume 18 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap. The story was written in 1915, and World War I, known as The Great War, was already in progress. As the story opens, Tom is explaining his newest invention to his friend, Ned Newton. Just as Tom is in the middle of explaining the problems he is having, a fire erupts in one of the sheds, where explosives are stored. After the fire has been put out, careful investigation shows that the fire was set deliberately. In preparation for presenting his new airship to the United States Government, Tom has invited a Lieutenant Marbury, from the Navy, to review his ship. Marbury informs Tom of a possible plot against Tom and his inventions, past and present. Tom scoffs at the idea, but soon finds out otherwise, as his new airship is hijacked by foreign spies with an unknown agenda.
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Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship
The Naval Terror of the Seas
by Victor Appleton
Part 18 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the eighteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom goes up against foreign spies during the build-up to World War I.
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Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel
by Victor Appleton
Part 19 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Tom Swift, seated in his laboratory engaged in trying to solve a puzzling question that had arisen over one of his inventions, was startled by a loud knock on the door. So emphatic, in fact, was the summons that the door trembled, and Tom started to his feet in some alarm. "Hello there!" he cried. "Don't break the door, Koku!" and then he laughed. "No one but my giant would knock like that," he said to himself. "He never does seem able to do things gently. But I wonder why he is knocking. I told him to get the engine out of the airship, and Eradicate said he'd be around to answer the telephone and bell. I wonder if anything has happened?"
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Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel
The Hidden City of the Andes
by Victor Appleton
Part 19 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the nineteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom lends a hand to a Peruvian construction project, and develops a new blasting powder.
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Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
by Victor Appleton
Part 20 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Tom Swift has enthralled generations of children with his amazing adventures. So return to a simpler time, put away your cynicism, and dust off your sense of wonder, because you're off on a series of grand adventures!
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Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold
by Victor Appleton
Part 20 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the twentieth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom goes on a Honduran treasure hunt, in search of a mysterious golden idol.
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Tom Swift and His War Tank
by Victor Appleton
Part 21 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Published in 1918, this is the story of Tom Swift and his war tank.
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Tom Swift and His War Tank
Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam
by Victor Appleton
Part 21 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the twenty-first of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom asks for military exemption to focus on the scientific side of the war effort.
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Tom Swift and His Air Scout
Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky
by Victor Appleton
Part 22 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the twenty-second of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom hits upon the idea of a silent airplane engine, and continues his war effort focus.
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Tom Swift and His Air Scout
by Victor Appleton
Part 22 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Oh Tom, is it really safe? A young lady-an exceedingly pretty young lady, she could be called-stood with one small, gloved hand on the outstretched wing of an aeroplane, and looked up at a young man, attired in a leather, fur-lined suit, who sat in the cockpit of the machine just above her. "Safe, Mary?" repeated the pilot, as he reached in under the hood of the craft to make sure about one of the controls. "Why, you ought to know by this time that I wouldn't go up if it wasn't safe!"
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Tom Swift and His Undersea Search
by Victor Appleton
Part 23 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
A Mr. Dixwell Hardley approaches Tom with a proposition to help recover sunken treasure. Mr. Hardley was onboard a ship which was carrying gold to help finance an illegal revolution. When the ship sank, Mr. Hardley overheard the captain recording the coordinates. Now he wants Tom's help to recover the gold, under the guise of both financing the expedition as well as rewarding Tom with a portion of the recovered treasure.
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Tom Swift and His Undersea Search
The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic
by Victor Appleton
Part 23 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the twenty-third of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom once again searches for sunken treasure while aboard his submarine.
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Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters
by Victor Appleton
Part 24 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
Tom Swift (in some versions Tom Swift, Jr. ) is the name of the central character in five series, totaling over 100 volumes, of juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm. His adventures have been written by a number of different ghostwriters over the years. Most of the books are published under the collective pseudonym Victor Appleton. The 33 volumes of the second series use the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. The character first appeared in 1910. New titles have been published as recently as 2007. Most of the various series focus on Tom's inventions, a number of which have anticipated actual inventions. The character has been presented in different ways over the years. In general, the books portray science and technology as wholly beneficial in their effects, and the role of the inventor in society has been treated as admirable and heroic. Translated into a number of languages, the books have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Tom Swift has also been the subject of a board game and a television show. Development of a feature film based on the series was announced in 2008. A number of prominent figures, including Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, have cited "Tom Swift" as an inspiration. Several inventions, including the taser, have been directly inspired by the fictional inventions.
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Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters
Battling with Flames in the Air
by Victor Appleton
Part 24 of the Tom Swift Sr. series
In the twenty-fourth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom employs his aerial fire suppression system to rescue his friends.