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Tim Thompson in the Jungle

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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
1935

Pages
  
208

Originally published
  
1935

Page count
  
208

Publisher
  
D. Appleton & Company

Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Followed by
  
Genre
  
Fiction

Preceded by
  
Tim Thompson in the Jungle

Similar
  
Fang and Claw, On Jungle Trails, Wild Cargo, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Jungle Animals

Tim Thompson in the Jungle was Frank Buck’s fourth book, which, in a fictionalized version, continued his stories of capturing exotic animals.

Contents

Story

Tim Thompson, a young boy, stows away aboard Frank Buck's ship at Singapore that he might accompany Buck, his hero, on a jungle expedition. The story of their adventures is told by Ferrin Fraser, based on Buck's own experiences, except for the introduction of certain characters, notably a villain, Rawson, who is lying in wait at Ceylon. At the climax, Tim Thompson, awestruck, watches as Buck descends into a pit and takes a man-eating tiger by the tail. The book has sixteen full-page illustrations grouped at the end.

Critical reception

  • "Readers of Bring 'Em Back Alive and Fang and Claw will recognize many of the episodes in this book, but rewritten as they are, with the addition of young Tim Thompson, Rawson, the villain, and other characters, they appear all the more exciting especially to the youthful minds for whom they are intended. The story is also informative, containing factual descriptions of the habits of birds and animals in the jungle, an advantage many books of adventure do not possess."
  • "The best parts of the book are the descriptions of the jungle, and of the habits of its animals and birds, for these are the outcome of Mr. Buck's twenty years' experience in bringing animals back alive. Young readers may pick up some useful lessons in tracking and forest-craft…"
  • References

    Tim Thompson in the Jungle Wikipedia


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