The Wide World Magazine - June 1955 - Vol.155, No.684

1955

London

Various

George Newnes Limited

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

F First Edition

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 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., Travel, Exploration & Adventure Magazine Back Issues

S Paperback

Fair

English

Softcover

Yes