The Light in the Jungle

by Edison Marshall

The Light in the Jungle280 pp. 8vo. A novel of adventure in the jungles of Indo-China, inspired by the author's abandonment of bear-hunting in Alaska for tiger-shooting in southern HISTORICAL FICTION JUNGLE INDO-CHINA

280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1933

About the author

Edison Tesla Marshall (28 August 1894, Rensselaer, Indiana - 29 October 1967 Augusta, Georgia) was an American short story writer and novelist.

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book that was given to my grandfather for christmas in 1938 when he was about 12 years old. It was obviously a well loved book as some of the pages had stains and a lot of the pages were dog eared. It is not a book I would normally read, nor one that I would recommend but I continued to read and finish this book because of its connection to my grandfather.

Nowadays, this book is extremely politically incorrect. It refers to the indo-asians as savages and the story-line is centered around the white man trying to convert them to christianity but being unsure this will be successful because they are inferior to the white man. It also throws an Indiana Jones aspect in because they are trying to avenge the murder of the priest who was apparently murdered by one of the tribes (although this turns out not to be the case).

I would not recommend this book to anyone unless they are specifically looking to read literature identifying the thinking of 'white men' during the 1930s.