Descripción

18 [ads], 189-250 pages. Features: On the Edge of the World (part 1) - adventures of a Wolverhampton office worker who travels to Tierra del Fuego to hunt and pirate furs; The Australian Stockman - photo-illustrated article; Picturesque Portugal - photo-illustrated article; Buster Brown's Brain-Wave - delightful yarn of the old sailing-ship days involving the crew of the 'Pride of London'; The Baker and the Bears - photo-illustrated article of the bears which feed from the cooks at Stevens' Gulch Road Camp on Mount Rainier in Washington state; The "Rockologist" - photo-illustrated article on "Chuckawalla Slim", otherwise known as Edwin H. Vose; Wardens of the Marches - deals with the wild Afghan border where blood feuds last generations; Ju-Ju C.I.D. - a curious story from West Africa; The Big Eel - fish-spearing at night near Mauritius; Abdul the Impeccable - getting even with a young rogue in northern India; "Lucky Tremaine" - An R.C.M.P. member is promoted due to a fluke of fortune; Great photo shows men of Hallaton and Medbury competing to get mini-beer barrel over the brook between the villages; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book