THE MYSTERY OF MOUND KEY by Robert F. Burgess

THE MYSTERY OF MOUND KEY
ISBN: 0595003893

"High adventure, shipwreck and a search for pirate treasure along modern day Florida's forgotten Gulf Coast." -- Spyglass Publications. After discovering a treasure map scratched on an old telescope, Shandy and Jib, — two modern-day Huck Finns and Tom Sawyer-type boys — enlist the aid of their old friend, Catfish Jackson, and his houseboat to track down the hidden treasure. The adventurers find themselves shipwrecked on the Florida Gulf Coast, pursued by modern-day pirates, and lost in a swamp where they learn unusual tricks that enable them to survive one day at a time. With the help of a strange crew of surveyors, they salvage their boat and continue on to the deep, freshwater spring where they find the treasure in an underwater cave but encounter the strange sea creature that the pirates said guarded it. 194 pages. Paperback 5 x 8-inches ©2000 Published by iUniverse.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. The Old Brass Telescope
2. Catfish Pays a Visit
3. Anchors Aweigh
4. Pursuit
5. Storm Bound
6. Shipwrecked
7. Castaways
8. Never Trust a Whooping Crane
9. To Salvage the Albatross
10. The Great Spring
11. Mysterious Mound Key
12. Back to Kings Bay
13. Danger in the Spring
14. The Sea Monster
15. New Pirates
16. Gray Gold and Something More

FROM THE BOOK:

"A tap on his arm called his attention back to the spring. Jib pointed excitedly ahead of them. In the bluish haze Shandy saw the mouth of the spring. It was a large gaping hole with a veil of sand puffing up like smoke from the black entrance. From the surface they had not seen it because of an overhanging rock ledge, but the opening looked big enough to drive a car into. Tendrils of weeds fluttered nervously on the ledge and occasionally leaves or sticks caught in the current were whipped upward by the powerful invisible force. Surrounding the basin were schools of fish - all hovering motionless and pointing toward the spring.
Moving to their left and keeping the rock wall close to them, the boys were able to approach the opening. Shandy scanned the ledge overhead, trying to locate the Indian symbol that was supposed to be there. At first he didn't see it because of the growth covering most of the rock. Then, farther to the left, he detected a crude cross carved deep in the stone. It was a foot wide and not all of the symbol was visible, but Shandy could see enough to be certain it was the same picture that had been scratched in the cave on Mound Key."

A REVIEW:

"High adventure, shipwreck and a search for pirate treasure along modern day Florida's forgotten Gulf Coast."
—Spyglass Publications