TOM SWIFT IN THE CITY OF GOLD; or,
Marvelous Adventures Underground.
(The Tom Swift Series) By Victor Appleton, Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1912.
 
(Tom Swift Sr. Series, Book #11)
Classic Juvenile Fiction & Adventure Novel
 
The story opens with Tom receiving a letter from Africa, containing a crude map. The rest of the story can be summed up in a mere three words: Acute Gold Fever, or AGF. Jacob Illingway, the Protestant missionary Tom rescued from the Red Pygmies of central Africa, has sent word that an underground city exists in central Mexico. This city, built by ancients, (possibly Aztec Indians) contains riches untold for anyone who can find it, and get past the guardians, a tribe of head hunters. The rest of the tale chronicles the hardships that were encountered while locating the city and attempting its' plunder.
 
Hardcover. Nice cover with a solid binding (light spine shift) and clean pages. The jacket has an inch x quarter-inch chip at the spine center and smaller edge tears otherwise good. About 7 x 5 with 216 pp. plus ads. Illustrated. Scarce with the original jacket!