Author: LUGRIN, N. DE BERTRAND; BREDON, JULIET; EVANS, CAPTAIN E.A.; POUND, REGINALD; PLUMMER, ERNEST ARTHUR; SIRINGO, CHARLES A.; COLLINSON, CLIFFORD W.; WALMSLEY, LEO; LACHMAN, LEONARD; MCKISSICK, STUART; LANE, ROSE WILDER; CARRON, GRANT
Title: The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August [Aug. ] 1923, Vol. LI, No. 304: The Story of John Jewitt / the Children of the Wilderness
Description: New York: The International New Company, 1923. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Reginald; Hiley, G.E.; Hall, Tom; Woodville, R. Caton; Carruthers, G.P.. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Story of John Jewitt - A young Englishman is taken as a slave by Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island; The Children of the Wilderness - Part I - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated journey in little-known Mongolia; Winning a Wife - An incident involving an Englishman in Tirah; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-Out - Part I - The conclusion of Frederick C. Glass's adventures on a little-known Brazilian river; The Sea Devil - An extraordinary six-hour battle with a huge West Indian manta, or ray; Where the gold went - Charles Siringo describes the pursuit of two men who had robbed the famous Treadwell mine in Alaska; The Cannibal Islands - Part I - Clifford W. Collinson has spent several years in the Solomon Islands - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees (conclusion) - a couple with a donkey cart set out to explore the area without any modern luxuries; My Motor-Boat - what happend when a man tried to run a second-hand boat he purchased; How We Killed the "Rat" - a scheme to kill an intruding rat goes sadly wrong; A Woman in Unknown Albania (conclusion) - Rose Wilder Lane explores the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish; A Lonely Job - a young ship's officer acts as caretaker of a vessel wrecked off the Australian coast; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World magazine, August 1923, Maquinna, Nootka, Slaves, John Jewitt, Prisoner, Slave, Maquinna, Nuu-chah-nulth, Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, The Children of the Wilderness, Juliet Bredon, Mongolia, Winning a Wife, Tirah, Araguaya River, Down the. Very Good .

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