Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders; Or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold
1917
Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders; Or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold
1917
Tom Swift, the brilliant young inventor with a restless mind and an even restlessler spirit, stumbles upon an article that will change his life: a hidden city in the Honduras jungle, and at its heart, an idol of solid gold. Before he can fully digest the impossible promise of it all, he learns he's not the only one seeking the prize. Professor Fenimore Beecher, a rival archaeologist with sharper elbows than scruples, is already making plans. What follows is a race across dangerous terrain, through uncharted caves, and into the very heart of a lost civilization. Tom's ingenuity becomes his greatest weapon, but so does his determination to beat Beecher to the discovery and claim the treasure not just for himself, but for the scientific world. Along the way, there's Mary Nestor, whose presence complicates everything, and Ned Newton, whose steady friendship anchors the adventure. The novel pulses with early 20th-century optimism: the belief that curiosity, courage, and a clever mind can unlock any mystery the world offers. It's a boyish, breathless adventure that never stops moving toward the golden prize.
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“Honduras, as you of course know, is a republic of Central America, and it gets its name from something that happened on the fourth voyage of Columbus. He and his men had had days of weary sailing and had sought in vain for shallow water in which they might come to an anchorage. Finally they reached the point now known as Cape Gracias-a-Dios, and when they let the anchor go, and found that in a short time it came to rest on the floor of the ocean, some one of the sailors”
— Victor Appleton
“This. He has come across some old manuscripts, or ancient document records, referring to this valley, and they state, according to this article he has written for the magazine, that somewhere in the valley is a wonderful city, traces of which have been found twenty to forty feet below the surface, on which great trees are growing, showing that the city was covered hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago.””
— Victor Appleton
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