{{Short description|House pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate}} [[Image:The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front - Cover - Project Gutenberg etext 17744.jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|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.<ref>[https://stratemeyer.org/appleton/ James D. Keeline, Stratemeyer Syndicate]</ref>
The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton and Victor Appleton II names:<ref>John Axe, ''All About Collecting Boys' Series Books'', pages 15-16, Hobby House Press, 2002</ref>
* ''[[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 III|''Tom Swift'' (Third Series)]], 1981–1984 * [[Tom Swift IV|''Tom Swift'' (Fourth Series)]], 1991–1993
[[Howard R. Garis]] contributed to the original Tom Swift series.<ref>[https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/garis_hr.htm Howard R. Garis papers]</ref> [[James Duncan Lawrence (author)|James Duncan Lawrence]] wrote 23 of the Tom Swift, Jr. novels.<ref>[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL956419A/James_Duncan_Lawrence?page=3 Open Library on James Duncan Lawrence]</ref>
==See also== {{portal |children's literature}} *[[Roy Rockwood]]
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==External links== {{commons category}} {{wikisource|works=or}} *{{Gutenberg author|id=267}} *{{Gutenberg author|id=42251|name=Victor Appleton II}} * {{FadedPage|id=Garis, Howard R.|name=Victor Appleton|author=yes}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Victor Appleton}} * {{Librivox author |id=972}} * {{LCAuth|n92122607|Victor Appleton|102|}} * {{ISFDB name|name=Victor Appleton}} * Victor Appleton II [https://lccn.loc.gov/n50023129 at LC Authorities] (35 records), [https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50023129 at WorldCat], and [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2860 at ISFDB]
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