Author: LINCOLN, ROBERT PAGE; STOCK, RALPH; CAMPBELL, MAJOR W.N.; PATTERSON, W.G.; BESLEY, J. CAMPBELL; WELLER, H.E.; DEVLIN, PAUL; WISEMAN, J. CLINT; HAMILTON, H.A.; CATER, ROWLAND W.; HEWSON, LIONEL
Title: The Wide World, the Magazine for Men, November [Nov. ] 1915, Vol. 36, No. 211 - Journey Down the Amazon from Its Source
Description: New York: The International News Company, 1915. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Wigfull, W.E.; Holloway, W.H.; Buchanan, Fred. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Barton's Grizzly - Well-known Western hunter and guide J. Barton sets out to single-handedly capture a live California grizzly bear (includes cover illustration); In Search of Adventure - Part IV - the story of a chequered cruise; Kidnapped - A Tale of the Burmese Border in which Sir Robert Carson retrieves his kidnapped daughter; An Interrupted Holiday - John Hawkins was tramping through Idaho in 1886; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part II - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their journey from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic, fighting for their lives along the way; Three Years off the Beaten Track - H.E. Weller spent three years in Northern Canada running a small steamer for the Hudson's Bay Company among fur traders and Indians - article with many interesting photos; A Prize-Fight in Mexico - amusing story of what happened when a Spaniard fought an American; Life Among the Eskimos - Clint Wiseman describes a visit he paid to these hardy little hunters of north, complete with photos; The Story of the Missing Fingers - the awful experience of Melvin Parker who fell overboard and clung to a bell-buoy for many hours in the depth of winter; Fallen Among the Theives - exciting adventures of two novice rubber-collectors in Central America, by Rowland W. Cater; Hotel-Keeping in the Wilds - two ex-members of the Cape Mounted Rifles and their hotel-keeping adventures out on the veldt; and more. pp. 9 [ads], 94, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, November 1915, Fletcher Christian, The Bounty, The Bounty Mutineers, Fiji, Chunchu Indians, Vampire Bats, Jimmy Loutitt, Moose Factory, Bamboo Band - Java, J. Barton, California grizzly bear, In Search of Adventure, Kidnapping - Burm. Good .

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