Author: WATT, M.; TEMPLE, A.; ARNAULT, F.; DALTON, E.; AMY, L.; WORKMAN, F.; ROW, J.; GLANVILLE, E.; ET AL
Title: The Wide World - the Magazine for Everybody, July 1918, No. 243, Vol. XLI - Exploring Eastern Karakoram / the "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island
Description: New York: The International News Company, 1918. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Peddie, Tom; Prater, Ernest. Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of the Service - The Smuggler's Cave (part III) - stirring stories of the Service contributed by a customs-house officer on the West Coast of Scotland and also in Ireland; The Wooing of Abia - a charming yet thrilling love story involving natives of Papua, with great photos; Beyond the Law (part III) - The Dalton Gang terrorized the Western States of America for years while committing train robberies and holding up banks; The Empire's Only Eskimo Soldier - John Shiwak, of Labrador, the only Eskimo soldier to lay down his life for the empire (article with photo); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram (part III) - the Himalayan exploits of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman (with photos); A Nightmare Voyage - in 1905, the American barque Challenger left Port Townsend for Japan in the command of Captain Pedersen; Photo of a Papuan chief's daughter wearing a necklace of hundreds of dog teeth; Lion-Hunting as a Business - Frank Allen of Rhodesia is the only known lion-hunter - article with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa (part IV) - a 4,000 mile honeymoon trip east to west across the Dark Continent - with photos; The Baboon and the Baby - a baboon steals a baby from a home; My Experiences in German East Africa - James Henry Butcher relates his thrilling experiences as a private in the South African Infantry, with photos; The Shining Town - a fascinating photo-illustrated sketch of life and scenes in Granada; The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island - the shipwrecked author was adopted by a chief in the South Sea Islands and went on to become the ruler of an island and its people; Only a Half-Breed - in South-West Colorado in 1869 a white man's squaw prevented a war; Fantastic ad "Swear Off Tobacco" by the Newell harmacal Company of St. Louis inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine For Everybody, July 1918, No. 243, Vol. XLI - Exploring Eastern Karakoram / The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island Ute Utes vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, inv. Good .

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