Well-written, exciting tale of young men during the Civil War.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Saturday, February 8, 2020
The jungle classic by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burrough's Novels are HERE.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an
American fiction writer best known for his celebrated and prolific
output in the adventure and science-fiction genres. Among the most
notable of his creations are the jungle hero Tarzan, the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter and the fictional landmass within Earth known as Pellucidar. Burroughs' California ranch is now the center of the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles.
Friday, December 27, 2019
Bomba the Jungle Boy at the Moving Mountain by Roy Rockwood
This is #2 in the Bomba Series by Roy Rockwood
This is #2 in the Bomba Series by Roy Rockwood
This tale describes how Bomba defeats a
band of dangerous headhunters from the distant Giant Cataract. This time
they are lead by Tocarara, the co-Chieftain and half brother of the
wounded Nascanora. It was Bomba himself who wounded Nascanora. The
Medicine Man Ruspak is present again and is even forced by the Jungle
Boy to cure a dying Cody Casson!
After the savages retreat to their old haunts, Bomba
drops Cody off with Pipina the old Indian squaw and finally begins his
journey to the Moving Mountain, where Jojasta the Medicine Man rules in a
ruthless and cruel fashion. Along the way, he battles jaguars and
snakes and rescues the Parkhursts, a family of explorers, from the
headhunters.
Once Bomba arrives at the Moving Mountain, he saves
the lives of Ashati and Neram, former slaves of the Medicine Man and he
confronts Jojasta who verifies that Bomba does indeed look like Bartow
but that if he wanted to learn more of him and Laura, he must undertake
another journey, this time to Sobrinini's isle, the Isle of Snakes, ever
so close to the Giant Cataract!
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
One day, while roaming the Amazon jungle, Bomba meets the explorers Dorn and Gillis and in doing so, saves their entire camp from a savage jaguar attack. Promising to return one day, they leave gifts (including a pistol) and then head for the coast while Bomba soon runs into a party of dreaded headhunters from the distant Giant Cataract. After escaping their clutches initially, the jungle boy secures the friendship of a local tribe,the Araos, before racing back to Cody, to defend all he holds dear.
Combating snakes, a cayman, vultures, pumas and vampire bats, Bomba returns to the hut he shares with the old naturalist, Cody Casson and by trickery, courage and the stout friendship of his local animal friends, they defeat the marauders.
Cody, who experiences moments of lucidity, recalls the names "Laura" and "Bartow" and adds that Jojasta, the Medicine Man of the distant Moving Mountain, can shed some light on Bomba's parentage. It is to this terrible land that Bomba will go to next, in his quest for knowledge of his past and origins!
Friday, September 27, 2019
Thrilling tale of men of different backgrounds, on native, the other a colonist, in the forest, hunting.
Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerfoot novels read widely by young boys, girls, and teens even today.
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