Author: UTSCH, RUDOLF,
Title: Patroelje in de Jungle; met geheime opdracht door Sumatra. [Eerste nederlandse uitgave, vertaald uit het duits Door Michel Amter, Dschungel Patrouille].
Description: Leuven, Davidsfonds, [..], 1957. Medium 8°. Original limp publ. wrappers. Large coloured illustration with covertitle in bold monochrome and red type, designed by Jan Waterschoot. 220pp. Large monochrome head-pieces, decorative initials and monochrome tail pieces all after drawings by Jan Waterschoot, glossary indonesian malay-dutch. [Jeugdreeks van het Davidsfonds, 88]. Dutch language, translated from the original German, boy's adventure story in which a covert operation in pre-second worldwar North Sumatra, Aceh province, Dutch East Indies, is told, including i.a. notes about the Master of the Jungle, the Sumatran Tiger, incl. its mthological aspects. Very good and nicely illustrated untrimmed copy.

Keywords: novel sumatra aceh atjeh advencure juvenalia boys covert operation mission tiger colonialism indonesia southeastasia buur