Eagle Book of Modern Adventurers is a book rather than an annual, telling the stories of war-time adventure and global exploration. 17 stories are included from a wide range of different authors.
Original Price : 6s 0d (30p)
Published by : Hulton Press Ltd in 1952
Dimensions : 13cm x 18.5cm with 238 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Read about the Wooden Horse, not the Trojan one, but the one from Stalag-Luft III
- Hear how Thor Heyerdahl lead the Kon-Tiki expedition.
- Round the World on a Bicycle - the story of John Foster Fraser
- Ten Thousand Miles on Horseback - sounds painful to me...
Contents | |
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Page | |
Adventure in a Prison Camp | |
THE WOODEN HORSE | |
by Eric Williams | 1 |
Adventure in Ethnography | |
THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION | |
by Ronald Syme | 18 |
Adventure in the Desert | |
MAN OF MYSTERY | |
by Ronald Syme | 32 |
Adventure in Mountaineering | |
ATTACK ON EVEREST | |
by John Nance | 48 |
Adventure in Motor-racing | |
SUPER-SPEEDMAN | |
by Dennis May | 64 |
Adventure in Ancient Mysteries | |
THE PAST COMES TO LIFE | |
by Ronald Syme | 77 |
Adventure at the South Pole | |
GRIM JOURNEY | |
by A. M. McClean | 95 |
Adventure in the Air | |
MEN AGAINST THE ATLANTIC | |
by John W. R. Taylor | 108 |
Adventure in Diving | |
THREE THOUSAND FEET DEEP | |
by Martin Chisholm | 122 |
Adventure on Horseback | |
TEN THOUSAND MILES ON HORSEBACK | |
by Ronald Syme | 137 |
Adventure in Tropical Africa | |
SPECIAL MISSION OF A GENIUS | |
by Ronald Syme | 149 |
Adventure in Strange Lands | |
WANDERLUST | |
by Duncan Hall | 162 |
Adventure in Caves | |
TWELVE YEARS IN THE HEART OF A MOUNTAIN | |
by Ellam Hall | 173 |
Adventure in Seafaring | |
THE FARTHEST NORTH | |
by Ronald Syme | 190 |
Adventure among Outlaws | |
THE FORBIDDEN LAND | |
by R. Motson Thompson | 203 |
Adventure on Wheels | |
ROUND THE WORLD ON A BICYCLE | |
by Bernard Newman | 217 |
Adventure in Labrador | |
ADVENTURE WALKED BESIDE HIM | |
by Ronald Syme | 227 |