Title: What a Little Canoe Can Do for You" by Poultney Bigelow; and "Rushing Through Russia" by Colonel H. Edmund Bullis, [Published in]: The Log of the Circumnavigators Club, Vol. 24, No. 3, Fall 1935.
Description: [New York: The Circumnavigators Club], 1935. 1935. - Octavo, 10 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled yellow decorated white wraps, titled in black with a black & white illustration titled "In Ole Lunnon Town" by Ray Belmont Whitman pictured on the front cover. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled and creased. 62 & [2] pages, with black & white textual and full-page illustrations. A few page corners are creased. Very good.
This issue includes an essay on "Modern Iceland" by H.B. MacDonald, a poem titled "A Poet's Muse About His Cruise" by Ray Belmont Whitman which is described as "a true account, lightly told, of a yachting cruise this last summer..". An article titled "Bigleow, at 80, is Felicitated by Wilhelm II", which notes how the former Kaiser sent a bust of himself to Bigelow as a token of esteem.
Of particular note is the journalist & author Poultney Bigelow's playful 1-page essay "What a Little Canoe Can Do For You" and Colonel H. Edmund Bullis' article "Rushing Through Russia", about youth unemployment in the U.S. and what he witnessed in Russia.
From the library of James B. Pond, the lecture manager, with his name in pencil on the cover. Very good .
Keywords: TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; POULTNEY BIGELOW; RAY BELMONT WHITMAN; COLONEL H. EDMUND BULLIS; CIRCUMNAVIGATORS CLUB; LOG OF THE CIRCUMNAVIGATORS CLUB; H.B. MACDONALD; WHAT A LITTLE CANOE CAN DO FOR YOU; A POET'S MUSE ABOUT HIS CRUISE; YACHTING; POEM; POETRY;
- Book number: 96411
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