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Lincoln, Robert Page, Stock, Ralph, Campbell, Major W.N., Patterson, W.G., Besley, J. Campbell, Weller, H.E., Devlin, Paul, Wiseman, J. Clint, Hamilton, H.A., Cater, Rowland W., Hewson, Lionel

The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, November [Nov.] 1915, Vol. 36, No. 211 - Journey Down the Amazon From Its Source

The International News Company, 1915

495,00 €

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Anno di pubblicazione
1915
Luogo di stampa
New York
Autore
Lincoln, Robert Page, Stock, Ralph, Campbell, Major W.N., Patterson, W.G., Besley, J. Campbell, Weller, H.E., Devlin, Paul, Wiseman, J. Clint, Hamilton, H.A., Cater, Rowland W., Hewson, Lionel
Editori
The International News Company
Formato
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edizione
F First Edition
Soggetto
Wide World Magazine, November 1915, Fletcher Christian, The Bounty, The Bounty Mutineers, Fiji, Chunchu Indians, Vampire Bats, Jimmy Loutitt, Moose Factory, Bamboo Band - Java, J. Barton, California grizzly bear, In Search of Adventure, Kidnapping - Burma, Sir Robert Carson, John Hawkins, Idaho, 1886, Amazon - exploration, Amazon - headwaters, J. Campbell Besley, Native peoples - Amazon basin, H.E. Weller, Hudson's Bay Company, fur traders, Indians, Boxing - Mexico, Eskimos, Clint Wiseman, Man Overboard, Frostbite, Melvin Parker, rubber-collectors, Central America, Rowland W. Cater, Hotel-Keeping - South Africa, Cape Mounted Rifles Native Peoples Travel, Exploration & Adventure Magazine Back Issues
Descrizione
S Single Issue Magazine
Stato di conservazione
Buono
Lingue
Inglese
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Prima edizione

Descrizione

Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Barton's Grizzly - Well-known Western hunter and guide J. Barton sets out to single-handedly capture a live California grizzly bear (includes cover illustration); In Search of Adventure - Part IV - the story of a chequered cruise; Kidnapped - A Tale of the Burmese Border in which Sir Robert Carson retrieves his kidnapped daughter; An Interrupted Holiday - John Hawkins was tramping through Idaho in 1886; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part II - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their journey from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic, fighting for their lives along the way; Three Years off the Beaten Track - H.E. Weller spent three years in Northern Canada running a small steamer for the Hudson's Bay Company among fur traders and Indians - article with many interesting photos; A Prize-Fight in Mexico - amusing story of what happened when a Spaniard fought an American; Life Among the Eskimos - Clint Wiseman describes a visit he paid to these hardy little hunters of north, complete with photos; The Story of the Missing Fingers - the awful experience of Melvin Parker who fell overboard and clung to a bell-buoy for many hours in the depth of winter; Fallen Among the Theives - exciting adventures of two novice rubber-collectors in Central America, by Rowland W. Cater; Hotel-Keeping in the Wilds - two ex-members of the Cape Mounted Rifles and their hotel-keeping adventures out on the veldt; and more. pp. 9 [ads], 94, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book