Before
geeks were
geeks and
nerds were
nerds, there was this
Edward Stratemeyer literary character.
Many of the books were written by a syndicate. Victor Appleton never existed.
The first ever Tom Swift book was "Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle". Between 1910 and 1941, forty books were released under the
pseudonym Victor Appleton.
New series were released in 1954, 1981, and 1991.