WILTON, ROBERT; JORDAN, JOHN A.; DICKIE, FRANCIS J.; HOLDEN, LIEUT. J. RAILTON; MCBRIDE, MRS. HARRY A.; COWIE, J.S.; MARTIN, STUART; KOPPEL, HARWOOD; DICKIE, FRANCIS J.; ST. LAWRENCE, BERNARD; SEMENOFF, MME.; SHEPSTONE, HAROLD J.
The Wide World, the Magazine for Everybody, February [Feb. ] 1919, Vol. 42, No. 250: Behind the Scenes in Russia
New York: The International News Company, 1919. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, February 1919, Russian Revolution, Behind the Scenes in Russia, Robert Wilton, British War Correspondent, Eastern Front, WWI, world war 1914-1918, Rasputin, Czar, John A. Jordan, African Buffalo, A Hero of the Soudan, Victoria Cross,. Good .

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