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	Tom Swift & His Electric Rifle
		Tom Swift tilted the elevation rudder, and with a suddenness that was startling, at least to the old elephant hunter, the new airship shot upward on a steep, slant.
		Tom Swift was thinking of what he could accomplish with his electric rifle, and of the wonderful sights he would see, and, as for the old elephant hunter, he was very glad to be on the move again, after so many weeks of idleness, for he was a very active man.
		Tom and his friends were about to go back to their cabin, for they thought the excitement over, when, as the young inventor turned from the rail, he felt a vibration throughout the whole length of the steamer, as if it had hit on a sand-bar.
	tomswiftpage.tripod.com /ts10.htm (23825 words)

	Tom Swift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tom Swift is the protagonist in several series of juvenile adventure novels starting in the early twentieth century and continuing to present.
		Tom Swift - The son of Tom Swift (sometimes presumed to be Tom Jr.
		A reference to Tom Swift is made in Haruki Murakami's 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World' in which the protogonist calls the state-of-the-art elevator he's in as a "Tom Swift elevator".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Swift (3133 words)

	Tom Swift: An Appreciation by Jeff Duntemann
		Tom Swift, Sr was a fixture in a long series of cheap books dating back to 1900 or so, when "dime novels" were such a scourge upon American families.
		Tom is planning to communicate with a ball of "brain energy" sent from the unknown planet where live his "alien friends," and he has to build a robot-like machine to house the brain energy.
		Tom Swift's amiable blandness was no big deal, because at the heart of things, we were all in it for the gadgets.
	www.duntemann.com /tomswift.htm (3664 words)

	The Tom Swift Junior Series by Victor Appleton II
		Tom Swift's inventions may be years ahead of the time, just as his father's were in their time, but they are all plausible and some day you may see them in use.
		Tom is astounded when he discovers that some of the carved symbols are similar to the mathematical symbols used by his mysterious friends in outer space to communicate with him.
		Tom Swift Jr.'s investigation of the phenomenon reveals that the giant, writhing reptilian forms are caused by gas vapors.
	tomswift.bobfinnan.com /ts2.htm (6805 words)

	Tom Swift And His Big Tunnel
		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.
		Tom Swift was the son of an inventor, and not only inherited his father's talents, but had greatly added to them, so that now Tom had a wonderful reputation.
		Tom was glad she did not care for any, as he was anxious to get outside, and have a look at the man, for he thought he had recognized the face as the same that had peered in his window.
	tomswiftpage.tripod.com /ts19.htm (19402 words)

	Tom Swift And His Motor-Boat
		Tom was a bit embarrassed, but bore the praise as well as he could, and he was very glad when a diversion, in the shape of lunch, occurred.
		As Tom was starting toward home in his boat, wondering what had become of Andy and trying to think of a reason why the bully should attend anything as "tame" as a church picnic, the object of his thoughts came strolling through the trees down to the shore of the lake.
		Swift was soon informed by his son over the telephone that nothing in the shops had been disturbed, and the inventor received the news with evident satisfaction.
	www.jollyroger.com /library/TomSwiftAndHisMotor-Boatebook.html (24178 words)

	Tom Swift - Writer’s Notebook - Happiness
		After I enticed a zigzag doggy dash in the open green, and before those of us with two legs flung the Frisbee as though for the first time, I sat on the bench, in the cool of the evening, a book opened to an aptly titled and simply powerful poem.
		This post was added on Saturday, April 26, 2008 by Tom Swift at 04:31 and is filed under Dog Days, Reading Material, Rough Drafts.
		Swift's mission is to reassert Bender as an important figure in the history of the game, both as a player and a groundbreaking figure.
	tom-swift.com /weblog/post/201 (462 words)

	THE NEW TOM SWIFT SERIES (1990s) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tom is depicted on the cover with a spacecraft which appears to be the NASA space shuttle orbiter.
		It seems that Tom Swift has invented a very powerful telescope which has the potential of looking into the farthest reaches of deep space (shades of the Hubble Space Telescope).
		Young Tom used an infrared camera to obtain a photo of the object which convinces his friend that Tom should use the all-new Swift redesigned space shuttle to bring the mysterious granite cube to Earth.
	vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/tswift92.html (397 words)

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		Tom Swift Jr., in case you didn't know, is the name of one of the most fantastic scientific inventors of all juvenile literature.
		A ranking of all the Tom Swift Jr.
		Tom SwiftÆ is a trademark of Simon and Schuster, Inc. This sight has nothing to do with Simon and Schuster and is not affiliated with them in any way.
	www.tomswift.info /homepage (869 words)

	Tom Swift Sr.
		Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice (1911) 9.
		Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters (1921) 25.
		Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle is also available in HTML format from Softdisk's website.
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/Stage/6058/swiftsr.html (1229 words)

	_TOM SWIFT LIVES!
		Written by several authors (mainly Howard R. Garis of "Uncle Wiggly" fame) and issued under the series pseudonym "Victor Appleton," the forty volumes (1910-1941) were remarkably popular, and may be said to have influenced a generation of budding geniuses.
		Adventures, its hero the even more brilliant son of the original Tom Swift (who still made appearances as the eminence gris of the Swifts' modern high-tech invention facility, of which he was the CEO), and the pseudonymous author was now "Victor Appleton II" (for the most part a gifted storyteller named James Duncan Lawrence).
		Whether using the name Tom Ippolito, Bob Finnan, Thomas R. Ippolito, or Robert W. Finnan, the world of Tom Swift and Stratemeyer boys series collecting has been touched by some distinctive individuals, moderators of discussion groups.
	www.tomswiftlives.com (458 words)

	LibriVox » Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X, by Victor Appleton, II
		LibriVox » Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X, by Victor Appleton, II Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X, by Victor Appleton, II LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA.
		With the security of Enterprises and Exman at stake, Tom creates two of his greatest inventions—a Quakelizor to counteract the simulated earth tremors, and a container or “body” to house the energy from outer space.
		How Tom utilizes all his scientific knowledge to produce swift-action results and outwit the Brungarians makes one of the most exciting Tom Swift adventures to date.
	librivox.org /tom-swift-and-the-visitor-from-planet-x-by-victor-appleton-ii (348 words)

	Tom Swift - Chief Bender’s Burden
		“A wonderful and impressively thorough new biography … Swift’s mission is to reassert Bender as an important figure in the history of the game, both as a player and a groundbreaking figure.
		“In Swift’s hands, Bender’s life unfolds gradually, as though he were a character in a novel, and the prejudice he experienced, though never justified, is set within the context of the times.
		Tom Swift paints a vivid portrait of Charles ‘Chief’ Bender, an American Indian who … conquered mighty opponents as he struggled to cope with the effects of virulent prejudice.
	tom-swift.com (410 words)

	Tom Swift - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		The Tom Swift series were among the most popular children's and young adult's sexy science fiction series.
		The series featured such brilliant/retarded titles as "Tom Swift and His Flying Lad", "Tom Swift and His Jetmagazine", "Tom Swift and His Rocket Chip", and "Tom Swift and His Electric Paranoia".
		Some loyal readers of the Tom Swift series believe they may have found an over all plot that spans all four series.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Tom_Swift (316 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tom Swift
		The fourth and fifth series, each independent of the continuity of its series predecessors, returned to the "young inventor" plotting approach; though, in the case of TSIV, with a stronger science-fiction element than was usual in TSI or TSII.
		(The title character is specifically stated to be the son of "'the great Tom Swift'" and to be "already an important and active contributor to the family business, the giant multimillion-dollar scientific-industrial complex known as Swift Enterprises.".) The comparatively brief run shows the lack of success of TSIII.
		Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle; or, Fun and Adventure on the Road 1910
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Tom_Swift (3021 words)

	Tom Swift, Jr.
		That was mostly through the 60's, for a lot of geeky-type guys such as myself and my friends (and for a lot of guys that weren't even geeky) Tom Swift, Jr.
		In fact, I credit Tom Swift with being my inspiration for entering the science and technical fields.
		Oh, woe is me! But all is not lost, simply go to The Complete Tom Swift Junior Home Page to fill in the gaps.
	www.duane-n-lisa.net /stories/tom_swift_index.php (588 words)

	Tom Swift and His Electronic Web
		Since 1910 young readers, and those who are young at heart, have thrilled to the adventures of Tom Swift, his friends and relatives as they invented neat-O-riffic gadgets, fought bad guys, and explored the Earth and the far reaches of outer space.
		Called Tom Swift, Young Inventor, the first two books in the series will be released in June of 2006.
		This series seems to loosely follow in the first two series footsteps and the new Tom Swift, while never directly stated as such, could be the original's grandson, great-grandson, or possibly his great-great-grandson.
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/Stage/6058/tomswift.html (810 words)

	Tom Swift
		Tom continued the Horatio Alger style of a hero working his way up to prominence.
		Tom Swift was an early Stratemeyer Syndicate series which ran from 1910 to 1941 under the byline of Victor Appleton and published by Grosset and Dunlap (vol.
		Another Tom Swift series was started and featured the son of Tom Swift Jr.
	www.bookloversden.com /series/boys_children/Swift.html (751 words)

	Tom Swift Turned Into Green Propaganda Movie
		The versions which captured my imagination as a kid were the 80s “Tom Swift” written by the great Victor Appleton, which had Tom Swift as a teenage astronaut in a not too distant future where man has begun to conquer the stars.
		Tom Swift was and is brilliant young adult literature.
		Tom Swift series III's books 12 and 13, titled "Chaos on Earth" and "The Microworld" are available for free online by joining the Tom Swift discussion group on Yahoo right here.
	www.cinemablend.com /new.php?id=7040 (1116 words)

	Amazon.com: Tom Swift: Books
		Tom Swift and His Flying Lab: by Victor Appleton II (Paperback - April 1978)
		Tom Swift & His Motor Boat by Victor Appleton (Hardcover - Oct 1, 1992) - Facsimile
		Tom Swift and his outpost in space; (The New Tom Swift, Jr., adventures [6]) by Victor Appleton (Hardcover - 1955)
	www.amazon.com /b?ie=UTF8&node=17494 (450 words)

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		Tom Swift y el Laboratorio Espacial
		Tom Swift y el Reactor Submarino
		Tom Swift y el Robot Gigante
	www.series.net /swift/books.html (517 words)

	Amazon.com: Tom Swift & His Motor Boat: Victor Appleton: Books
		Tom Swift and His Motor Boat and over 120,000 other books are available for Amazon Kindle — Amazon’s new wireless reading device.
		Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat by Victor Appleton
		Barton Swift of his son as the young man was slowly pushing his motor-cycle out of the yard toward the country road.
	www.amazon.com /Tom-Swift-His-Motor-Boat/dp/1557091765 (596 words)

	Tom Swift Dust Jackets
		I discovered the Tom Swifts in a remote corner of the bookshelves and they immediately captured my imagination even though I was reading them in the 70s.
		Chest of Secrets - 404 KB The Back of Chest of Secrets - 338 KB -These don't vary much, and are not worth reproducing for every wrapper, so I only scanned the most intact one.
		Few have dustjackets, and most are not best quality (they're spares because I'm keeping the good copy!) If you are interested in any of them, email me (nick@fankhausers.com) and I'll send you details so we can work out a fair price or trade.
	www.fankhausers.com /swift/welcome.html (886 words)

	Tom Swift Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Follow the adventures of Tom Swift and later his son, Tom Swift Jr!
		The Tom Swift Jr books were published in both Dustjacket and Picture cover format.
		The following is a list of the Tom Swift Titles I currently have for sale.
	www.onlinemac.com /users/jbrantner/bibliomaniacs/TS.html (99 words)

	Tom Swift Summary and Analysis
		A popular series of forty boys' novels published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1910 and 1941, the Tom Swift books were mostly published under the pen name "Victor Appleton," though they were produced by the Stratemeyer...
		Tom Swift is the young protagonist in several series of juvenile adventure novels which began in the early twentieth century and continues to the present.
		Each such series stars a hero named Tom Swift who is a genius inventor and whose breakthroughs in...
	www.bookrags.com /Tom_Swift (278 words)

	Freeware Palm: Docs ... latest addition: Page 1 of 4
		This is the third book in the new "Tom Swift Lives" series.
		This is the second book in the new "Tom Swift Lives" series.
		This is the first in the new "Tom Swift Lives" series of novels inspired by the original Tom Swift Jr.
	www.freewarepalm.com /docs/docs.shtml (564 words)

	Wooley & Swift, Dan Wooley and Tom Swift - Progressive House DJ's and Producers
		This is a little breaks tune I put together, it's a little too intricate and all over the place.
		Another Update: After the closing of EDMdigital the tunes can now be purchased at Give it a listen or a purchase over at Resonant Vibes or DJDownload.
		Download my remix here - Formulate - Abbreviated Funk (Tom Swift 'Fakes the funk on a Nasty Dunk' remix).
	www.wooleyandswift.com (444 words)

	World Wide School Library - Youth-Tom Swift (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship or The Naval Terror of the Seas
		Tom Swift and His Air Scout or Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky
		The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/catalogs/bysubject-youth-tomswift.html (59 words)

	The Original Tom Swift Series Public Domain Texts
		I believe the rest of the Tom Swift books 26 through 38 and 40 are all still under copyright.
		If you want to look at big pictures of Tom Swift covers they have them.
		Special thanks to Jim Towey for donating a copy of "Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight" for scanning.
	durendal.org:8080 /ts.html (665 words)

	The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour
		Plot Summary: Linda Craig's grandfather is kidnapped with the intention of ransoming him for Tom Swift's latest invention...
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983) (TV)
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0306144 (157 words)

	Baseball Books on The Baseball Almanac Book Shelf
		Baseball Almanac wants to do the work for you and suggest a title worth adding to your personal baseball library — one that will not make you a "poor man in a garret." Each month we review dozens of possible books and select one book which we believe you will truly enjoy reading.
		Book reviews are done by either our personnel, by Dr. Donald McKim (a trusted book critic), or our newest contributor Tom Swift.
		The ratings column is determined by the actual review, user comments, and input made at Amazon.com.
	baseball-almanac.com /bookmenu.shtml (434 words)

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