Author: CARSON, CAPTAIN JOHN H.; GIBBONS, CHARLES HARRISON; WILSDON, LIEUT. R.L.; UPFIELD, ARTHUR W.; BROOKE, CAPTAIN W.; BUSHELL, N. KEITH; PATRICK, B.; MCLAREN, JACK; BEDDINGTON, H.G.; TENCH; C.V.; FORTEATH, MAJOR A.M.; MAYO, KATHERINE; SAVAGE, FRANK MORRIS
Title: The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, April [Apr. ] 1926, Vol. LVI, No. 336: On Patrol in Cannibal Papua
Description: New York: The International News Company, 1926. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W.. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine April 1926, Price Creek Glacier, Staircase Falls, Drum Lakes, Mount McBride, Buttle Expedition, Michael King, Rev. W.W. Bolton, Myra Falls, The Paymaster's Dillemma, American Army, Philippines, Manila, Place of the Evil Spirit, Strat. Good .

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