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THE RADIO BOYS - THE SEARCH FOR THE INCA'S TREASURE
This book was especially republished to raise funds for these charities & many more...
33% of the publishers profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
"This is a wonderful land, fellows, full of legend and story, vast mountains, vast rivers, vast jungles, unexplored territory and unconquered tribes.
It was Jack Hampton speaking, and he leaned on the rail of a coastwise steamer, as she came to anchor in the open roadstead of Valparaiso.
I wonder what lies ahead, said Frank Merrick, leaning beside him. We ought to get some adventure out of this, besides mere civilized travel.
Even Bob Temple, the most matter-of-fact of the three chums known as the Radio Boys, felt his imagination stirred..
And so begins the latest adventure of the Radio Boys. An adventure that will see them follow the threads of an old tale and take them in search of Inca treasure - into forbidden monasteries and through hollow mountains in search of a fabled and enchanted city. A journey that would take them through age-old Andean forests only to be betrayed, captured and imprisoned in an ancient Acropolis then brought on trial in front of the Council of the Incas to find an unlikely ally who helps them escape.
This book has been republished to raise funds for PROJECT PERU which runs a refuge in Zapallal, north of Lima. Project Peru is committed to those living in poverty and denied so much. It is their objective to return to the people of Peru, dignity through self-sufficiency and security through co-operation. 33% of the Publishers profit from the sale of this book will be donated to this worth cause. www.ProjectPeru.org.uk
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Excerpt from THE RADIO BOYS - THE SEARCH FOR THE INCA'S TREASURE
CHAPTER II - A TALE OF OLD
Of all the stories of ancient days in South America which Ferdinand de Avilar told them, none interested the boys so much as the tale of the city of Chan Chan. This city was the capital of the Great Chimu, ruler of a mighty empire that antedated the Incas.
You see, explained Ferdinand, early in their acquaintance, my father always has been greatly interested in the ancient history of our land. He has in his library all the books containing the old legends and history, and naturally I have devoured them. At one time when I was younger, he financed an archaeological expedition that explored the ruins of Chan Chan.
It is little known to the outside world, he says, that, great and mighty as they were, the Incas were not the first great civilized people of South America. Before they poured down from the Andes to conquer the Pacific coast, there dwelt here a powerful and highly civilized people called the Chimus.
Inland from Salaverry, on the Peruvian coast, was the capital of the Great Chimu, the city of Chan Chan. It was one of the largest cities of the old world, perhaps the largest, who knows.
It covered more than forty square miles of territory, and was larger than Babylon. Here the Chimus had great factories for the manufacture of textiles, pottery, etc. Their artificers in gold and silver were cunning and skilled.
Vast wealth was theirs, vaster even than that of the Incas. There were great palaces and temples in Chan Chan that were repositories for the choicest, the most glittering works of art in gold and silver. They had a language that had attained a high degree of culture, a literature that included poetry and drama. Fragments of their writing have been found, and it resembled that of the ancient Egyptians.
Then the conquering Incas, having brought the Andean people under their sway, came to the land of the Chimus. The Incas were the Romans of this land, the warriors and conquerors. But the Chimus, too, were warriors, and the struggle between these two great nations was long and bitter. At last the Chimu armies, however, were forced back to the protection of the great walls of Chan Chan.
Long was the siege. Attack after attack was repelled. Finding they could not carry Chan Chan by storm, the Incas at length hit upon a device which had won them many a walled city..
Table of Contents for THE RADIO BOYS - THE SEARCH FOR THE INCA'S TREASURE
| CHAPTER I - OFF FOR TREASURE |
| CHAPTER II - A TALE OF OLD |
| CHAPTER III - A COUNTRY FESTIVAL |
| CHAPTER IV - HO FOR THE ENCHANTED CITY! |
| CHAPTER V - RADIO INVADES THE MONASTERY |
| CHAPTER VI - A SENDING STATION BUILT |
| CHAPTER VII - THE EXPEDITION GETS UNDER WAY |
| CHAPTER VIII - JACK HAS A MISHAP |
| CHAPTER IX - SURPRISED IN THE FOREST |
| CHAPTER X - IN THE HANDS OF THE INCAS |
| CHAPTER XI - INTO THE MOUNTAIN |
| CHAPTER XII - IMPRISONED IN THE ACROPOLIS |
| CHAPTER XIII - THE FEAST OF RAYMI |
| CHAPTER XIV - PRINCE HUACA FRIENDLY |
| CHAPTER XV - BEFORE THE COUNCIL |
| CHAPTER XVI - RADIO A LINK TO THE PAST |
| CHAPTER XVII - THE FIGHT ON THE PARAPET |
| CHAPTER XVIII - ARMED AGAIN |
| CHAPTER XIX - TREACHERY |
| CHAPTER XX - FRANK PLANS A MIRACLE |
| CHAPTER XXI - TO GO OR NOT TO GO |
| CHAPTER XXII - INTO THE INCAS COURT |
| CHAPTER XXIII - THE OLD AND THE NEW |
| CHAPTER XXIV - THE MIRACLE WORKER |
| CHAPTER XXV - A VOICE WARNS THE INCA |
| CHAPTER XXVI - THE MOUNTAIN SPEAKS |
| CHAPTER XXVII - THE DOOMED CITY |
| CHAPTER XXVIII - CONCLUSION |
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