Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island : $b or, Adrift on the river of mystery

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Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island : $b or, Adrift on the river of mystery

by Roy Rockwood

EN·~4 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total
1

CHAPTER I WHAT THE LIGHTNING REVEALED

8:11
2

CHAPTER II AT GRIPS WITH THE ENEMY

14:56
3

CHAPTER III THE BLAZING CABIN

8:16
4

CHAPTER IV TERRIBLE JAWS

8:10
5

CHAPTER V HOW THE INDIANS CAME

7:35
6

CHAPTER VI THROUGH THE JUNGLE

11:21
7

CHAPTER VII A PERILOUS CROSSING

9:14
8

CHAPTER VIII THE WARNING

10:42
9

CHAPTER IX THE SKELETON

12:08
10

CHAPTER X WRITHING COILS

8:02

Description

In a furious tropical storm, a lone jungle youth hides beneath a craggy overhang, listening for a sound that could mean life or death. Lightning flashes reveal three silent hunters from the feared Nascanora tribe, their spears glinting as they stalk the rain‑soaked forest. Bomba, raised by his frail white companion Cody, knows the stakes are personal: the headhunters seek to capture the sick boy and claim his head as a trophy.

Driven by instinct and fierce loyalty, Bomba slips into a water‑filled gully, fighting wind, falling trees, and tangled vines as the tempest rages around him. He balances his razor‑edge knife against raw strength and cunning, determined to outwit the tribal warriors and reach the shelter where Cody lies. The opening plunge sets a pulse‑quickening race through a wild, untamed landscape where every lightning strike could expose a new danger.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (242K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1927.

Credits

David Edwards, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2023-11-10

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Roy Rockwood

Roy Rockwood

Behind this name was a whole publishing machine: a house pseudonym used for fast-moving boys' adventure stories packed with lost worlds, inventions, and jungle drama. The books helped shape early 20th-century series fiction, especially for young readers who loved cliffhangers and big imagination.

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