Author: VARIOUS
Title: The Wide World Magazine - June 1955 - Vol. 155, No. 684
Description: London: George Newnes Limited, 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Cover shows smiling cowboy on rearing horse. Features: Wise Old Man - Adventures of author while conducting scientific research in remote Amazonia; A Sailor on Horseback - The American adventures of a former British Merchant Seaman, first as a lumberjack and then as a cowboy on a 'dude-ranch'; He Knew Too Much - A grim story of dope-running on the Egyptian border; Lunch-Time Tiger - Author is called upon to deal with a tiger which was terrifying the inhabitants of a Pathan village; The Castaways of the 'Dundonald' - reprint of one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - describes how a British ship was driven ashore on a barren islet in the remote Southern Pacific, where for many weary months the survivors endured many privations in a desperate struggle for existence; A Taste of Freedom - Three firemen jump ship in a South American port... but fate was against them, and they were almost glad to get back; Ghost-Town Memories - Tourist visit the Western U.S. abandoned mining-camps of long ago; Across the Kalahari Desert - The author traversed the trackless Kalahari in a motor-car by way of a dried-up river bed. Black and white illustrations. Chipping to spine. Above-average wear.; Magazine; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Wide World Magazine - June 1955 - Vol.155, No.684 Cover shows smiling cowboy on rearing horse. Features: Wise Old Man - Adventures of author while conducting scientific research in remote Amazonia; A Sailor on Horseback - The American adventures of. Fair .

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