Author: SCOTTY; JACK MACLEOD; D.M. MCCULLUM; H.P. MUSSON; G.E. STUART-REID; H.C. THOMPSON; ORRIN E. DUNLAP; M.S. COFFMAN; J. DE BRUIN; F.A. LIEBENBERG; GILL, E.; SHAW, M.; TRINKLER, E.; KOHL, E.; STUART, M. Title: The Wide World Magazine, February (Feb. ) 1929 - over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball! / Biggest Hold-Up on Record
Description: New York: The International News Company, 1929. American Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Francis E. Hiley; G.W. Goss; Nicolson (cover). Pages 254-336 plus 12 pages of ads. Features: Biggest Hold-up on Record - robbery of the U.S. Mail at Toledo, Ohio in February, 1921; Salvaging a God - a tale of South Sea natives and one of their gods; Pekin (Peking / Beijing) to London, Mostly by Car- Fantastic photo-illustrated article on Capt. D.M. McCallum's 15,000 mile adventure, including photos of Angkor; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada (part 3 of 3) - H.P. Musson's homestead turns out to be all rocks and precipices!; The People of Pierre Le Loupe - George E. Stuart-Reid volunteers with the North-West Mounted to finally capture a half-breed murderer after a long and arduous hunt; A Day in the Life of a South African Farmer; Over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball! - Amazing photo-illustrated article on Jean Albert Lussier and his daring exploit; How I Won My Horse - Margaret S. Coffman and her challenging 300-mile Texas ride; The Big Leopard - John de Bruin recounts how he was attacked - with photo; When Raj Mungal Saw Red - a valuable elephant goes rogue in Sabalpur, India; The Snake Worshippers - a story from Calcutta about the Ooriyas, natives of the province of Orissa on the east coast of India; Through the Heart of Afghanistan - Part 2 of 2 of this photo-illustrated account of Emil Trinkler and his trip to this strange land of desolate mountains and fertile valleys, with photos of the huge cliff carvings at Bamian; Following the Frontier Trail - Newspaperwoman Edith Ammons Kohl recounts her experiences in the vast range country of Wyoming; My Strangest Experience - a story of the occult by a trooper in the B.S.A. police. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, February (Feb.) 1929 - Over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball! / Biggest Hold-up on Record Father Gorek Dr. Shiparo Snake Temple of Penang Biggest Hold-up on Record - robbery of the U.S. Mail at Toledo, Ohio in February, 1921; Sal. Good .
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