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FROM: "Nancy Nosek" <[removed]@southhollandlibrary.org>
REC'D: 12/9/04, 8:43 AM

Our 60-ish patron read this at least 50 years ago. The details he remembers include a river that flowed two ways, and there was something about a stake in the ground whose shadow had some connection to the place in the village where a person was born. He thought it was called Jungle Boy. I found there is a book with that title by Lysle Carveth, and one called Bomba the Jungle Boy, by Rockwood, but I haven't seen anything that describes plots of these stories, and these details wouldn't necessarily be described anyway. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Thanks very much.
Nancy Nosek
South Holland Public Library
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FROM: David Wright <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 12/9/04, 10:02 AM

There were numerous books in the popular Bomba
series, published from the 1920s into the 50s, as
well as many movies into the 50s. You might have
your patron look over some of the text and images
at:

http://www.seriesbooks.com/bomba.htm
http://www.the-forum.com/books/bomba.htm
http://www.tarzanmovieguide.com/b-books.htm
http://www.violetbooks.com/gal-bomba.html
http://www.erbzine.com/mag8/0897.html

...and see if they ring any bells...

David Wright

--- Nancy Nosek <[removed]@southhollandlibrary.org>
wrote:

> Our 60-ish patron read this at least 50 years
> ago. The details he remembers include a river
> that flowed two ways, and there was something
> about a stake in the ground whose shadow had
> some connection to the place in the village
> where a person was born. He thought it was
> called Jungle Boy. I found there is a book with
> that title by Lysle Carveth, and one called
> Bomba the Jungle Boy, by Rockwood, but I
> haven't seen anything that describes plots of
> these stories, and these details wouldn't
> necessarily be described anyway. Does this ring
> a bell with anyone?
> Thanks very much.
> Nancy Nosek
> South Holland Public Library
>
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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 12/9/04, 1:11 PM

At 08:01 PM 12/8/2004, you wrote:
>Our 60-ish patron read this at least 50 years ago. The details he
>remembers include a river that flowed two ways, and there was something
>about a stake in the ground whose shadow had some connection to the place
>in the village where a person was born. He thought it was called Jungle
>Boy. I found there is a book with that title by Lysle Carveth, and one
>called Bomba the Jungle Boy, by Rockwood, but I haven't seen anything
>that describes plots of these stories, and these details wouldn't
>necessarily be described anyway. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
>Thanks very much.
>Nancy Nosek
>South Holland Public Library

I agree with David that it's most likely Bomba, possibly #9 in the series
(BOMBA AND
THE UNDERGROUND RIVER).

There have been a number of Tarzan imitators/ripoffs over the years; in the US,
Bomba was about the most popular (in the juvenile market) and longest-running.
Other Tarzan imitators listed at

[removed]@southhollandlibrary.org

--a long list, though I spotted one omission: there's a second Kaspa story,
KASPA THE LION MAN, also by C.T. Stoneham (and published only in the UK).

Many of the characters on the list I cite above appeared only in the UK, or
only
in magazines (some of which have been reprinted in book form in recent years,
but not long enough ago for your patron).

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 12/9/04, 1:23 PM

At 01:02 PM 12/9/2004, you wrote:

>There have been a number of Tarzan imitators/ripoffs over the years; in
>the US,
>Bomba was about the most popular (in the juvenile market) and longest-running.
>Other Tarzan imitators listed at

<snip>

Sorry; absent-mindedly cut and pasted the wrong thing. The URL intended is:

http://users.frii.com/asacat/feral.htm

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

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