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Three very successful series of stories aimed at children and teens were created by a man who had a book packaging house and didn't want to cause confusion. So, none of the stories ever had his name on them. Instead, Edward Stratemeyer hired several writers and provided them with story ideas that were then published under the pseudonym Victor Appleton. They were tales of the adventures of a teenager named Tom Swift. He was portrayed as a youngster...
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Tom Swift in Captivity is the 13th book in the original Tom Swift series.
"Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading."
"These spirited tales convey in a realistic way, the wonderful advances in land and sea locomotion and other successful inventions. Stories like these are impressed upon the memory and their reading
...4) Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone, Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship
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Tom Swift Omnibus #6 contains a trio of stories: 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. 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....
9) Tom Swift and His Air Scout, Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, T
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Tom Swift Omnibus #8 contains a quartet of stories: 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. In the twenty-third of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom once again searches for sunken treasure while aboard his submarine. In the twenty-fourth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom employs his aerial fire suppression...
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Tom Swift Omnibus #3 contains a trio of stories: 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. 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. In the ninth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom designs and builds a two-seat monoplane, but the...
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Tom Swift Omnibus #4 contains a trio of stories: 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. 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. In the twelfth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom...
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Tom Swift Omnibus #5 contains a trio of stories: 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. 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. In the fifteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom invents a searchlight for the purpose...