There are several other employees of the company around from the original series.
#Tom swifty series#
His usual date is Phyllis Newton, daughter of Ned Newton from the original series who is head of finance for the company. He has a younger sister, Sandra, who is about his age (17), and a pilot. Yes, the son of the first Tom Swift, who now runs Swift Enterprises in Shopton. In the ’50s they launched the next series, which is the classic Tom Swift Jr. All were published under the Syndicate housename of “ Victor Appleton.” A better motorcycle, a motor boat, but soon we would get airships, television detectors, electric rifles, and such.Īs best we know, the novels were written by Howard Garis at first, but the last few were written by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.
Most of his inventions at first were not that amazing. His main pal is Ned Newton, and he dated (and later married) Mary Nestor, in the series (so wasn’t a “boy inventor” for long). They starred young inventor Tom Swift, son of Barton Swift who ran the Swift Construction Co. The first series launched in 1910 and ran for 38 volumes through 1935, then later two “Better Little Books” in 19, which aren’t proper novels, being half prose, half comic. I soon found out that my dad had read the original Tom Swift series, and have been trying to collect those stories, either original or reprints.Īs noted, over the years there have been five Tom Swift series. I found the science a bit over the top, more fantastical than realistic, but enjoyed them, and have been working to complete my collection of them.
The spines were an orange/yellow, contrasting with the blue of the Hardy Boys and the yellow of Nancy Drew.
They were in hardcover, with what is known as “picture covers,” where the artwork is incorporated into the cover rather than on a dust jacket. Created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, it’s one of their more successful ones, but owing to the changes in science and technology, they basically had to relaunch the character rather then just do minor tweaks to the stories like their mystery series Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.Īs a boy, I got many of the Tom Swift Jr. Of which there have been five series over the years, with at least two different Tom Swifts (depending on how you look at them). The main boy inventor/adventure juvenile series is that of Tom Swift.
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