![Image for The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1922, Vol. 50, No. 295: Restoring the Dead to Life! - A Secret Japanese Science Revealed](/assets/images/product/346h5229.jpg)
Price: $495.00
Quantity: 1 available
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.
Title: The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1922, Vol. 50, No. 295: Restoring the Dead to Life! - A Secret Japanese Science Revealed
Edition: First Edition
Illustrator: Elcock, Howard; Hodgson, E.S.; Tennant, Dudley; Prater, E.; Holmes, Fred; Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom
Location Published: New York, The International New Company: 1922
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall
Categories: Magazine Back Issues, Asia, Travel, Exploration & Adventure
Seller ID: 346h5229
Keywords: a bid for a bride, a race for life in death valley, adrift in mid-air, big game -photography, death by shock, death valley, diamond cut diamond, egypt, five thousand miles on foot in central africa, four-figure milestones, french artilleryman, george keene, japan, kurdistan, laurentic, m. clinckmaille, magalloway's grizzly, mersa matruh, mesopotamia, michel, motorcycle trips, november 1922, observation balloon, palestine, persia, restoring the dead to life, resuscitation, richard carline, seeking six million pounds, shock, spy, sydney carline, syria, the man who turned thief, the secrets of katsu, through the east by air, white star liner, wide world magazine, world war 1914-1918 - espionage, wyoming
