BOMBA BOOK #1: Like the famous Tarzan, Bomba the jungle boy was separated from his parents in childhood and brought up in the steaming tropical forest by an old naturalist named Casson. He is befiriended by the wild animals of the jungle and when Casson loses his mind and memory as the result of an accident, Bomba has to shift for himself as well as look after the helpless old man.
All that Casson can recall from his shattered memory of the boy's parents are the names "Bartow" and "Laura". With only these two words for clues, Bomba begins his long search for the parents he never knew.