"Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle; Or, Fun and Adventures on the Road" by Appleton is a novel published by Grosset & Dunlap as the first volume in the original Tom Swift series. Young inventor Tom Swift modifies his newly purchased motorcycle and volunteers to deliver his father's revolutionary turbine design plans across country. Unaware of dangerous corporate investors plotting to steal the invention, Tom falls into their trap and must face the greatest peril of his life while racing to recover the stolen blueprints. (This is an automatically generated summary.)