The Motor Boys in Strange Waters; or, Lost in a Floating Forest

A trio of friends set out on a motor-boat vacation to Florida that turns into a series of maritime and swamp adventures: a disputed cocoanut plantation leads them into encounters with giant turtles, manatees, treacherous saw grass and serpents, and a mysterious floating forest. Along the voyage they meet an eccentric professor and local figures, face illness and injury, foil a plotted scheme, rescue imperiled girls, and endure a violent hurricane. The episodic narrative combines action, natural hazards, and youthful resourcefulness, resolving with the survivors emerging from the floating wilderness as migrating butterflies appear.