Product Description 1926. Illustrated. Roy Rockwood is a Stratemeyer Syndicate house name that appeared on many series books, but the two most famous were Bomba the Jungle Boy and the Great Marvel Series. The lion's share of the latter were actually written by Howard Garis. Though Garis is commonly assumed to have written the Bomba books as well, the actual author was John Duffield. Bomba lived far back in the jungles of the Amazon with a half-demented naturalist who told the lad nothing of his past. The jungle boy was a lover of birds, and hunted animals with a bow and arrow and his trusty machete. He had a primitive education in some things, and his daring adventures will be followed with breathless interest by thousands. This is the second volume in the series.

Amazon customer review © Bomba the Jungle Boy and the Moving Mountain


This is the second book in this series following Bomba, the jungle boy (Bomba series ; no. 1)oy. In this book you find:

Bomba in a Dolado tree, from which he sees some white captives, including a white woman with golden hair,and three white men. Boma is attacked by a Jaracara snake. And he runs into some headhunters from his old nemisis Chief Nascanora. Polulu does him a favor.

Bomba manages to best Tocorora, Nascorora's half-brother.

Casson's demonstrates some Magic Tricks to Ruspak, the medicine man, from the head-hunters.

Then Pipina, the Indio woman, helps Bomba take care of Casson.

You have the incident with the jaguar and the snake

Will Bomba be able to rescue the white captives from the headhunters?

Will Bomba find Jojasta, the medicine man from the moving mountain, and discover who Barrow and Laura were?

Don't miss all the action in the next book in this series Bomba the Jungle Boy on Jaguar Island, or, Adrift on the River of Mystery


I believe that this is another of the books I used a lined 3 X 5 card as a bookmark. Anytime I came across a word that I wasn't 100% sure of the meaning I wrote it on the lined 3 X 5 card. At the end of the book, I would write down the word and the definition into my personal Lexicon. Over the years I found that there were fewer words on the 3 X 5 cards. Science fiction and the Bomba book seem to have an unwritten rule that the author must use a wide vocabulary, also.


I strongly recommend this book to every teenager who wants to discover the exciting world of reading adventure Fiction and to their parents who want to improve their reading ability and their vocabulary. You might want to do the lined 3 X 5 card thing, also. I still use the 3X5 cards, only today It's to make notes for my Amazon reviews,

Two things that I wish that I had done,
1st dated the cards, so that I `d have a record of the books and new vocabulary words.

2nd kept the cards in a file box.

Gunner October, 2009

Amazon customer review © I have read halfway through this book with my 10 year old son - I can't wait to continue tonight. I found the story in a book called Popular Stories for Boys dated 1926. I thought maybe the stories would be less politically correct and more manly and adventuresome than are currently written. Wow - was I right! Bomba is the most exciting book we have read in a long time. We LOVE it! I am thinking that this is the reading fare that the World War II generation grew up on. They read about courage in the face of horrible danger and then they went out and demonstrated it. I want my son to know that kind of courage and character that Bomba demonstrates. But Bomba is not just courageous - He is selfless and kind as he cares for the simple minded Casson in spite of all of the problems this brings about. Bomba has a wonderful character. As I was reading I noticed the remarks about Bomba's race (He and Casson are the only white people in the jungle). I thought that surely this book would be one that would be banned from the public school system. It seemed to me however, that a boy who is all alone in a jungle, never having seen another white man might certainly feel like a minority. I chose to read it as celebrating his heritage rather than demeaning others. There is nothing in the character of Bomba that demonstrates hatred or even unkindness. I believe that Bomba is a wonderful role model of manly character. (The book is also a great vocabulary enhancer - it certainly points out the decline in educational standards since most 10 year old boys I know would never be able to comprehend the wide range of words in this book). If you have young boys and you can find this book - I highly recommend it.

A series of films were also made of the Bomba books, starting with Bomba the Jungle Boy.