Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Tom Swift, Tom Swift, Jr., Tom Swifty, Tom Swift in the City of Gold, Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, List of Tom Swift Characters, Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone, Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, Tom Swift and His Airship, Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, Tom Swift and His War Tank, Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle, Tom Swift and His Air Scout, Tom Swift and His Wireless Message, Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, Tom Swift and His Air Glider, Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight, Tom Swift and His Motor Boat, Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, Tom Swift in Captivity, Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, Tom Swift Iv, Ultra-Thriller. Excerpt: Regular characters from the original Tom Swift series of books(1910-1941) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle (1910), the first Tom Swift book 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 ...