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The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan

L. Frank Baum

The story revolves around a group of youthful adventurers, led by Lieutenant Allerton, who embark on a dangerous expedition to discover the hidden riches of the Tcha, an ancient civilization residing in Yucatan, Mexico.

"The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan" by Floyd Akers is a young adult adventure novel. The story revolves around a group of youthful adventurers, led by Lieutenant Allerton, who embark on a dangerous expedition to discover the hidden riches of the Tcha, an ancient civilization residing in Yucatan, Mexico.

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“What do you say, Sam, to making a stop at Magdalena Bay?” asked Uncle Naboth, as we stood on the deck of the Seagull, anchored in Golden Gate Harbor.

“Magdalena!” I exclaimed; “why, it’s a wilderness.”

“I know,” he replied; “but the torpedo fleet is there, doin’ target practice, an’ Admiral Seebre has asked us to drop some mail an’ dispatches there, as well as a few supplies missed by the transport that left last Tuesday.”

“Oh, Admiral Seebre,” I rejoined. “That puts a different face on the matter. We’ll stop anywhere the admiral wants us to.” Merchantmen though we are, none of us can fail in genuine admiration for Uriel Seebre, the most typical sea dog on earth—or on water, rather.

So we waited to ship the supplies and mail, and by sunset were shrouded in golden glory as we slowly steamed out of the harbor and headed south.

It’s a pretty trip. Past old Santa Barbara, the man-made harbor of San Pedro—the port of Los Angeles—and along the coast of beautiful Coronado, we hugged the shore line to enjoy the splendid panorama of scenery; but once opposite the Mexican coast we stood out to sea until, three days afterward, we made Magdalena Bay and dropped anchor amid the rakish, narrow-nosed fleet of the torpedo flotilla.

There isn’t much to see at Magdalena. The bay itself is fairly attractive, but the shore is uninteresting and merely discloses a motley group of frame and adobe huts. Yet here the Pacific Squadron comes semiannually to practise target shooting.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I We Meet Lieutenant Allerton
  2. 02Chapter II We Listen to a Strange Proposition
  3. 03Chapter III We Undertake the Yucatan Adventure
  4. 04Chapter IV We Scent Danger Ahead
  5. 05Chapter V We Inspect a Novel Aerial Invention
  6. 06Chapter VI We See an Astonishing Thing
  7. 07Chapter VII We Outwit the Enemy
  8. 08Chapter VIII We Fight a Good Fight
  9. 09Chapter IX We Find Ourselves Outnumbered
  10. 10Chapter X We Escape Annihilation
  11. 11Chapter XI We Enter the City of Itza
  12. 12Chapter XII We Sight the Quarry
  13. 13Chapter XIII We Seek Safety in Flight
  14. 14Chapter XIV We Interview the Red-Beard
  15. 15Chapter XV We Become Prisoners of the Tcha
  16. 16Chapter XVI We View the Hidden City
  17. 17Chapter XVII We Are Condemned by the Tribunal
  18. 18Chapter XVIII We Argue with the High Priestess
  19. 19Chapter XIX We Save a Valuable Life
  20. 20Chapter XX We Find the Tcha Grateful
  21. 21Chapter XXI We Lose Poor Pedro
  22. 22Chapter XXII We Face a Deadly Peril
  23. 23Chapter XXIII We Become Aggressive
  24. 24Chapter XXIV We Witness a Daring Deed
  25. 25Chapter XXV We Repel the Invaders
  26. 26Chapter XXVI We Hear Strange News
  27. 27Chapter XXVII We Settle an Old Score
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII We Win and Lose
  29. 29The Boy Fortune Hunters Series
  30. 30The Aeroplane Boys Series
  31. 31The Airship Boys Series
  32. 32Transcriber’s Notes

About this edition

Author
L. Frank Baum
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
204 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers