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The Wide World - The Magazine For Men February Feb. 1915 No. 202 Vol. 34 - The Girl-Man / A Journey Into Arabistan
1915réf. 123H0757New York: The International News Company 1915. Book. Illus. by Somerfield Thomas; Wood Stanley L.; Gillett Frank; McCormick H.; Campbell J.; Wigfull W.E. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 294-388 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Captain's Baby - a respected officer of the Australian Steam Navigation Company takes a little urchin under his protection leading to humorous difficulties; A Journey into Arabistan - photo-illustrated account of a journey through a little-known part of Persia; The Quest of the Peso-La-Ki - the romantic story of a hidden Western Navajo silver mine sought for vainly by daring prospectors for over a century; Tight Corners part II - photo-illustrated adventures from West and Central Africa; The Girl-Man - a young woman aged 23 tires of an unhappy marriage and sinks her identity and sex to reappear as a man named Frank Duffy and wander the United States for three years - until she is discovered by a policeman and a court orders her to 'go back to the skirts'; Icebergs - interesting photo-illustrated article by Lacey Amy; Dodging Death - in Australia Sydney Wright falls from a building under construction only to be saved by landing on telegraph wires per cover illustration; A wife on an Indian coffee plantation cures her husband of constantly 'talking shop'; Milly's Hobby; Europe's "Wild West" - photo-illustrated article on the great Hungarian Hortobagy; "The Doctor" - in Ceylon Gunner Duncan is tragically burned to death; Our Travels in Safari-Land part III - Mrs. Fred Maturin Edith Cecil-Porch describes her ambitious journey through British East Africa; The Missing Ship - in 1897 the American clipper T.F. Oakes and her crew were considered lost but miraculously saved by the crew of the "Kasbek"; Interesting photo of the grave of a British Columbia Indian chief in a hit above stumps; Photo of a Burmese boy 'undergoing the operation of tattooing' with brief write-up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. The International News Company Paperback
