Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera: Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures

by Victor Appleton

Overview

Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera: Tom is introduced to a moving picture promoter, James "Spotty" Period, who engages Tom to build a revolutionary electric powered motion picture camera and travel the world to film spectacular newsreel films to show in theaters. Tom invents the Wizrd camera and constructs a new airship, the Flyer. Tom and his friends are off to India to film wildlife and must overcome the nefarious plans of rival motion picture promoters (Tom Swift Unofficial Home Page).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666233179
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	01/02/2021
Series:	Tom Swift , #14
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Victor Appleton was a pen name used by at least eight authors who wrote for Edward Stratemeyer. Of the 38 titles in the first Tom Swift series, Howard Garis (April 25, 1873 – November 6, 1962) wrote the first thirty-five, while Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (December 12, 1892 – March 27, 1982), daughter of Edward Stratemeyer, wrote the remaining three.