CAMERON, DONALD R.G.; MUMMERY, G.H.; CLARKE, CHARLES J.L.; WOOLF, S.H.; TAYLOR, CARL N.; SHEPPARD, SIR WILLIAM; ROYAL, KEN J.; WALDORF, N.J.; MILLS, ARTHUR; KOHL, EDITH AMMONS; STUART, MURRAY; CHARLES, R.G.; VERRILL, A. HYATT; MELVILLE, FRED J.
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, September [Sept. ] 1929, Vol. LXIII, No. 378: At Grips with the Desert / My Trip to Devil's Island
New York: The International News Company, 1929. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. S.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Inns, Kenneth; Holloway, Cyril. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Find The Woman" - What happened in Central Africa when word spread that a venerated witch-doctress had invented a potion to render the white man's bullets harmless - with photo of Maria N'Koy in her ceremonial regalia; At Grips With the Desert - Part III - Donald R.G. Cameron's party set out to cross the Sahara and became lost for ten dreadful days - with photos and map; A Tenderfoot in Argentina - Englishman G.H. Mummery went to Argentina to try his luck on a big estancia; The "Eggers" of Yorkshire - Article with amazing photos of the people who scramble the towering cliffs of the Yorkshire coast to reap a harvest of sea-bird eggs; Brigand-Hunting in Anatolia - Capt. S.H. Woolf was stationed on the Bagdad Railway with a small detachment of Indian troops; My College Adventures - Young Carl N. Taylor was wandering around America when he decided to study in Indiana - he provides an interesting glimpse into a novel phase of American college life; The Sanyasi's Curse - A tale from construction of one of the Southern Indian railways in 1887-8; Tapu - A weird little New Zealand story from Ken J. Royal, who went hunting for Maori curios on an old native battleground; Twelve Days on a Burning Ship - The coal cargo of the old windjammer Fanny catches fire far to the south of Cape Horn; My Trip to "Devil's Island" - Excellent photo-illustrated article describing Arthur Mills' visit to the notorious French penal establishment in Guiana where Dreyfus endured his martyrdom and the betrayer of Nurse Cavell is presently imprisoned; Shorty the Sheepherder - Edith Ammons Kohl describes a strange character she met while newspapering in Montana; Rough Luck - Johannes Else's nearly successful escape from the prison at Cape Town; A Deal in Diamonds - The curious experience of an Eastern merchant while visiting Marseilles on business; The Lost Mine - Part II of II - A. Hyatt Verrill seeks a mysterious native "King" in Panama - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so covers loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wid World Magazine, September 1929, Tisingal, Gold Mine, Shayshan, King Polu, Find The Woman, Central Africa, witch-doctress, witch doctor, Maria N'Koy, At Grips With the Desert, Donald R.G. Cameron, Sahara Desert, A Tenderfoot in Argentina, G.H. Mummery. Fair .

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