Blueblooded mama's boy Waldo Emerson Smith-Jones is swept overboard during a south seas voyage for his lifelong ill health. He finds himself on a jungle island. His bookish education has not prepared him to cope with these surroundings, and he is a coward. He is terrified when he encounters primitive, violent men, ape-like throwbacks in mankind's evolutionary history.

Language: English

Published in: 1913

Word count: 31,208 words (≈ about 2 hours)

Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923).