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Jungle Death
Artemus Calloway · 1923
On the banks of Honduras’s fictional Ulúa River, plantation manager Bart Condon investigates illness and growing unease at the Tropical Gem. A trail through the banana groves leads toward a hidden meeting in the jungle.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 25 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
THE ULÚA RIVER COUNTRY
THE PLANTATION HEADQUARTERSA desk and cigar box in Condon's plantation office.
The Tropical Gem at Work
The Principal Characters
Other People and Animals
The Plantation Headquarters
Across the UluaFrom the banana shade, Bart watches the day’s fruit traffic gather at the river.
The Trail FillsAs Bart looks toward the path, the laborers arrive together at the cave clearing.
This edition
- Title
- Jungle Death
- Author
- Artemus Calloway
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 50 original artworks · 25 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 2,791 words
- Reading time
- 11 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- September 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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