Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
: Tom reads a magazine article written by Prof. Bumper describing a fabulous underground city containing a large gold idol. Tom initially is skeptical but Professor Bumper and Mr. Damon show up and turn Tom around. A young, handsome, rival archeologist, Prof. Fenimore Beecher, is also interested in the idol. His plan is to give a part of it to Mary Nestor in hopes she will marry him. Tom and his cronies and the rival party are off to Honduras on a treasure hunt.Tom must overcome wild jungle animals and the rival party to find the gold idol and win Mary (Tom Swift Unofficial Home Page).