True Adventures for Boys
Product details
| Author: | Paul Safont |
| Publisher: | Macmillan |
| Catalogue number: | 155288 |
| ISBN: | 9780330452946 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 18x25cm |
| Number of Pages: | 182 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
£12.99
Taken from the pages of Wide World, the longest-running true-adventure magazine of the twentieth century, True Adventures for Boys is filled with thrilling tales for all brave boys from 7 to 70. There are thrilling and incredible true tales of survival such as "I Fell 20,000 Feet" or "A Fight with a Leopard". Similarly, insane adventures such as travelling "Over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball" and "The Bird Man's Final Gamble" are sure to keep children of all ages thrilled and absorbed.
Marvel at "Buried Alive by a Dead Elephant" and be moved and astonished by the epic misadventure of Maurice Wilson's 1934 solo assault on Everest probably the most amazing true story ever told. "True Adventures for Boys" is definitely a case of Truth being more dangerous than fiction!
Mapping your travels for over 150 years
