Author: PARSONS, CAPTAIN ANTHONY; CHAMBERS, HERBERT E.; FRANCE, VIVIAN; KOHL, EDITH AMMONS; OAKLEY, S.R.; MCCALLUM, CAPTAIN D.M.; GIBBONS, JOHN; ILES, MAJOR F.W.; PERRING, M.S.; ELLERAY, ERNEST; GALLOWAY, F.W.; WARREN, C.V.
Title: The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, March [Mar. ] 1929, Vol. LXII, No. 371: Peking to London - Mostly by Car
Description: New York: The International News Company, 1929. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Ernest; Vedder, S.H.. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Wide World, March 1929, Poachers, elephant hunting, The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne", Bechuanaland, Vivian France, Following the Frontier Trail, Edith Ammons Kohl, Wyoming, Our Caribou Hunt, Newfoundland, Caribou hunting, Pekin, Peking, Beijing, Autom. Good .

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