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Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle
AuthorVictor Appleton
Original titleTom Swift and His Electric Rifle, or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTom Swift
GenreYoung adult novel Adventure novel
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1911
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages200+ pp
Preceded byTom Swift and His Sky Racer 
Followed byTom Swift in the City of Gold 
TextTom Swift and His Electric Rifle at Wikisource

Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land is a young adult novel published in 1911, written by Stratemeyer Syndicate writers using the pen name Victor Appleton. It is Volume 10 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap. The novel is notable for inspiring the name of the Taser.[1]

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