The Big Book of Adventure Stories: The Most Daring, Dangerous, and Death-defying Collection of Adventure Tales Ever Captured in One Mammoth Volume

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Synopsis
Everyone loves adventure, and Otto Penzler has collected the best adventure stories of all time into one mammoth volume. With stories by Jack London, O. Henry, H. Rider Haggard, Alastair MacLean, Talbot Mundy, Cornell Woolrich, and many others, this wide-reaching and fascinating volume contains some of the best characters from the most thrilling adventure tales, including The Cisco Kid; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Bulldog Drummond; Tarzan; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Conan the Barbarian; Hop-along Cassidy; King Kong; Zorro; and The Spider.

Divided into sections that embody the greatest themes of the genre - Sword & Sorcery, Megalomania Rules, Man vs. Nature, Island Paradise, Sand and Sun, Something Feels Funny, Go West Young Man, Future Shock, I Spy, Yellow Peril, In Darkest Africa - it is destined to be the greatest collection of adventure stories ever compiled.

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Featuring: lawless open seas, ferocious army ants, dead-eyed gunmen, exotic desert islands, and feverish jungle adventures.

Including: the story that introduced The Cisco Kid and the complete novel of Tarzan the Terrible.

Copyright:
2011

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
888 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780307474506
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Otto Penzler
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Daproim Africa
Proofread By:
Daproim Africa
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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