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Garkin, Dmitri, Woodroffe, J. Froude, Patterson, Walter G., Browne, J.E., Godsell, P.H., Prichard, Katharine, Comstock, Edith I., Et Al

The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, January [Jan.] 1915, Vol. 34, No. 201: Experiences in Keewatin

The International New Company, 1915

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Anno di pubblicazione
1915
Luogo di stampa
New York
Autore
Garkin, Dmitri, Woodroffe, J. Froude, Patterson, Walter G., Browne, J.E., Godsell, P.H., Prichard, Katharine, Comstock, Edith I., Et Al
Editori
The International New Company
Formato
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edizione
F First Edition
Soggetto
The Wide World Magazine, January 1915, Dmitri Garkin, diary, Arctic Ocean, Rafting - Amazon, Ecuador, Brazil, Train Race, The Mutiny of the Ziba, John Hart, P.H. Godsell, Keewatin, Australian outback, Yellow Peril - Nevada, Bean House, E.Torday big game hunting - Africa, Smut, Tree Spirit, Singapore, Edith Cecil-Porch, British East Africa, Sidney Lehre, Brunei, Borneo, Borneo pirates, Kikuyu warrior Native Peoples Travel, Exploration & Adventure Magazine Back Issues
Descrizione
S Single Issue Magazine
Stato di conservazione
Molto buono
Lingue
Inglese
Legatura
Brossura
Prima edizione

Descrizione

Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voyage down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book