TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORCYCLE

Name: TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORCYCLE
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Jerry Robbins
ISBN: 9781518926655

Author: Jerry Robbins, Victor Appleton

Narrator: Colin Budzyna, And The Colonial Radio Players

Unabridged: 1 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Author's Republic

Published: 05/25/2016

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

FULL CAST AUDIO DRAMA - Young Tom Swift purchases a motorcycle and, being the inventor that he is, modifies it to his specifications in time to transport his father's new invention (a revolutionary turbine motor design) to Albany. However, a group of investors plan to steal the design for themselves, and send a gang of thieves after Tom as he travels the back-roads to Albany. Let your imagination take hold as you enter the theater of the mind with a full cast of actors, thousands of sound effects, and a thrilling original music score as the award winning Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air presents TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORCYCLE.

Starring Colin Budzyna and the Colonial Radio Players.

Executive Producer Mark Vander Berg. Produced by M.J. Cogburn. Associate Producer Jeffrey Gage. Music by Jared DePasquale. Dramatized for Audio and Directed by Jerry Robbins - From the book by Victor Appleton. Cover Art by Jeff Hayes.

About Jerry Robbins

Jerry Robbins, co-founder of the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air has written and produced over 350 radio plays, including Ticonderoga, Captain Blood, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Gettysburg, Treasure Island, Yankee Clipper, Powder River, and Little Big Horn. In 2006 he started a collaboration with legendary author Ray Bradbury, producing Dandelion Wine, followed by Something Wicked This Way Comes, and wrote the script for, and produced The Halloween Tree; all award winning productions that garnered high praise from the master himself. He is currently working on a fourth collaboration with Mr. Bradbury, a radio dramatization of The Martian Chronicles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on September 05, 2024

This was the first book in the original Tom Swift series that was produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for young readers. It was written by Howard Garis from an outline by Edward Stratemeyer himself and was published in 1910 by Grosset & Dunlap. Tom Swift is one of the best-remembered series of juv......more

Goodreads review by Luke on January 09, 2020

An exciting story about a young inventor and his motorcycle.......more

Goodreads review by Graeme on June 15, 2022

Fast paced, and action packed. A little too much reliance on coincidence for my liking, but for an early 1900’s teen adventure novel, plenty of fun. Had to take it from a 4 to a 3 for its overt racism.......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on July 23, 2021

This is the book that launched a series as popular as the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew in its day. It also spawned generational sequels that continue in prose and graphic novels still today. Young Tom is an inventor that takes after his Dad and lives in upstate New York. Although specific on his age, i......more