Author: HAROLD, JOHN J.; WALSH, JOHN; SHEPSTONE, H.J.; MUSTON, WALTER; MUIR, JESSIE; MATURIN, MRS. FRED; CECIL-PORCH, EDITH; ANSTHRUTHER, FRANCIS; BISSELL, W.G.; GANTHONY, ROBERT
Title: The Wide World Magazine, March [Mar. ] 1915, Vol. 34, No. 203: Our Travels in Safari-Land / Crapsey, the Sky-Worker
Description: New York: The International New Company, 1915. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Reynolds, Warwick; Mins, B.E.; Evison, G.H.; Styche, Frank; Briault, S.. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. 96 pages plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: Nice ad by Spiegel, May, Stern Co. inside front cover; The Johannesburg Motor Bandits - One of the most remarkable episodes in the annals of crime in South Africa - the wholesale murder of Police Officers - Robert Ward Jackson, John Maxim, Carl Neze - many great photos; Crapsey, the Sky-Worker - he loses his fear of working at heights; Some Adventurous Small-craft Voyages as told by Captain J.A. Nilsson who made a specialty of taking tiny vessels across the oceans - with photos; What Happened on the Omul - Walter Muston, his wife and a little girl experience a disaster while mountain climbing in the Carpathians - with many photos; "Pussy" - Mariner John William Nylander relates what happened when he saved two kittens from their watery graves and brought them aboard; Our Travels in Safari-Land/British East Africa - IV - by Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porth) - many great photos; Out of a Death Trap - British Missionary Rev. A. Forder rescues a party of Americans from the fierce Bedouin Arabs of Moab - with many excellent photos; The Majesty of the Law - Prohibition laws result in ludicrous events in Kansas; The Wanderings of an Entertainer - Mr. Robert Ganthony; Nice Columbia Grafonola ad; Nice color ad for Vose player pianos on back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Wide World Magazine, March 1915, Spiegel, May, Stern Co,Johannesburg Motor Bandits, South Africa, Robert Ward Jackson, John Maxim, Carl Neze, Crapsey, Sky-Worker, Small-craft Voyages, Captain J.A. Nilsson, What Happened on the Omul, Walter Muston, Moun. Good .

Keywords: 1915 . Issues Travel Exploration & Adventure True