MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS - The Wide World Magazine, February 1953 - Australian Edition: Escape from GuianaLondon: George Newnes Limited, 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Hunting Trouble - Wilmon B. Menard describes how a shooting-trip in the Austrian Alps nearly landed him in a Communist jail; Last Voyage - an old tramp steamer's trip across the Atlantic during World War II, by Patrick O'Connor; The Haunted Engine Room - a curious tale be the chief refrigeration engineer of a big liner; The Long Arm - a remarkable chain of parallel experiences and a startling sequel, by T.W. Dresser; Women's Tears - an ancient custom of Baluchistan; Frontier Valley - fond memories of a Pathan village in India, with photos; The Man from the Coffin - reprint of the 1920 story of Albert Juge, a French convict who escaped the penal settlements of Guiana and then for 12 long years roamed South America; Forgotten Island - The primitive monastic settlement on the "Great Skellig" off the coast of Ireland; The Fish Tamer, by R.S. Richards of Picton, New Zealand; Pylons in the Bush - erecting high-tension transmission lines in the wilderness; and more. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy,; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Hunting Trouble - Wilmon B. Menard describes how a shooting-trip in the Austrian Alps nearly landed him in a Communist jail; Last Voyage - an old tramp steamer's trip across the Atlantic during World War II, by Patrick O'Connor; The Haunted Engine Room -. Good . USD 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 169.25 | £UK 144.75 | JP¥ 28356] Book number 842a0752is offered by:
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