Chapter 16

ADVENTURE AND EXPLORATIONTrails of the PathfindersBy GEORGE BIRD GRINNELLAccounts taken from the journals of Henry, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Frémont, and others.The Boy’s CatlinMy Life Among the IndiansEdited with Biographical Introduction byMARY GAY HUMPHREYS“As interesting a story of Indians as was ever written and has the merit of being true.”—New York Sun.The Boy’s DrakeBy EDWIN M. BACON“Much of the story is told in the words of old records, and interesting old maps and pictures make it still more valuable.”—The Bookman.The Boy’s HakluytBy EDWIN M. BACONThe voyages of Hawkins, Drake, Gilbert, and others, retold from Hakluyt’s chronicles.Beyond the Old FrontierAdventures of Indian Fighters, Hunters, andFur TradersBy GEORGE BIRD GRINNELLA series of personal narratives of hunting, Indian fighting, and exploration in the early pioneer days.Missionary Explorers Among theAmerican IndiansBy MARY GAY HUMPHREYSThe stories of the first and greatest of American missionaries to the American Indians, told largely in their own words.True Tales of Arctic Heroism inthe New WorldBy MAJOR-GENERAL A. W. GREELY, U. S. A.The true stories of the most heroic adventures on the Arctic expeditions from the earliest explorers to our own day.The Boy’s Story of Zebulon M. PikeExplorer of the Great SouthwestEdited by MARY GAY HUMPHREYS“A brilliant story of adventure and achievement.”—Washington Star.Each Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50 netAfrican Adventure StoriesBy J. ALDEN LORINGFIELD NATURALIST TO THE ROOSEVELT AFRICAN EXPEDITIONWith a foreword byTheodore RooseveltIllustrated. 8vo. $1.50 net; postage extraTwenty-two narratives of the adventures and experiences of the author and other famous hunters in Africa. Mr. Loring was a member of the Roosevelt expedition, and Mr. Roosevelt says in the foreword: “What he describes as fact may unhesitatingly be accepted as such.” It is a most exciting series of dangerous and unusual adventures.The Adventures ofJames Capen AdamsMountaineer and Grizzly BearHunter of CaliforniaBy THEODORE H. HITTELLIllustrated. $1.50 netThe narrative is given just as it first appeared in the simple, direct language in which “Grizzly” Adams told it to Mr. Hittell—a style that bears all the marks of absolute truth.By WILLIAM H. WRIGHTThe Grizzly BearIllustrated. $1.50 net“The very spirit of the grizzly is in subtle fashion brought near us. The book will long hold a high place in the literature of sport.”—New York Tribune.The Black BearIllustrated. $1.00 net“Finely illustrated, informing, and entertaining.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, NEW YORK

ADVENTURE AND EXPLORATIONTrails of the PathfindersBy GEORGE BIRD GRINNELLAccounts taken from the journals of Henry, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Frémont, and others.The Boy’s CatlinMy Life Among the IndiansEdited with Biographical Introduction byMARY GAY HUMPHREYS“As interesting a story of Indians as was ever written and has the merit of being true.”—New York Sun.The Boy’s DrakeBy EDWIN M. BACON“Much of the story is told in the words of old records, and interesting old maps and pictures make it still more valuable.”—The Bookman.The Boy’s HakluytBy EDWIN M. BACONThe voyages of Hawkins, Drake, Gilbert, and others, retold from Hakluyt’s chronicles.Beyond the Old FrontierAdventures of Indian Fighters, Hunters, andFur TradersBy GEORGE BIRD GRINNELLA series of personal narratives of hunting, Indian fighting, and exploration in the early pioneer days.Missionary Explorers Among theAmerican IndiansBy MARY GAY HUMPHREYSThe stories of the first and greatest of American missionaries to the American Indians, told largely in their own words.True Tales of Arctic Heroism inthe New WorldBy MAJOR-GENERAL A. W. GREELY, U. S. A.The true stories of the most heroic adventures on the Arctic expeditions from the earliest explorers to our own day.The Boy’s Story of Zebulon M. PikeExplorer of the Great SouthwestEdited by MARY GAY HUMPHREYS“A brilliant story of adventure and achievement.”—Washington Star.Each Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50 netAfrican Adventure StoriesBy J. ALDEN LORINGFIELD NATURALIST TO THE ROOSEVELT AFRICAN EXPEDITIONWith a foreword byTheodore RooseveltIllustrated. 8vo. $1.50 net; postage extraTwenty-two narratives of the adventures and experiences of the author and other famous hunters in Africa. Mr. Loring was a member of the Roosevelt expedition, and Mr. Roosevelt says in the foreword: “What he describes as fact may unhesitatingly be accepted as such.” It is a most exciting series of dangerous and unusual adventures.The Adventures ofJames Capen AdamsMountaineer and Grizzly BearHunter of CaliforniaBy THEODORE H. HITTELLIllustrated. $1.50 netThe narrative is given just as it first appeared in the simple, direct language in which “Grizzly” Adams told it to Mr. Hittell—a style that bears all the marks of absolute truth.By WILLIAM H. WRIGHTThe Grizzly BearIllustrated. $1.50 net“The very spirit of the grizzly is in subtle fashion brought near us. The book will long hold a high place in the literature of sport.”—New York Tribune.The Black BearIllustrated. $1.00 net“Finely illustrated, informing, and entertaining.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, NEW YORK

ADVENTURE AND EXPLORATION

Trails of the Pathfinders

By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL

Accounts taken from the journals of Henry, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Frémont, and others.

The Boy’s Catlin

My Life Among the Indians

Edited with Biographical Introduction byMARY GAY HUMPHREYS

“As interesting a story of Indians as was ever written and has the merit of being true.”—New York Sun.

The Boy’s Drake

By EDWIN M. BACON

“Much of the story is told in the words of old records, and interesting old maps and pictures make it still more valuable.”—The Bookman.

The Boy’s Hakluyt

By EDWIN M. BACON

The voyages of Hawkins, Drake, Gilbert, and others, retold from Hakluyt’s chronicles.

Beyond the Old Frontier

Adventures of Indian Fighters, Hunters, andFur Traders

By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL

A series of personal narratives of hunting, Indian fighting, and exploration in the early pioneer days.

Missionary Explorers Among theAmerican Indians

By MARY GAY HUMPHREYS

The stories of the first and greatest of American missionaries to the American Indians, told largely in their own words.

True Tales of Arctic Heroism inthe New World

By MAJOR-GENERAL A. W. GREELY, U. S. A.

The true stories of the most heroic adventures on the Arctic expeditions from the earliest explorers to our own day.

The Boy’s Story of Zebulon M. Pike

Explorer of the Great Southwest

Edited by MARY GAY HUMPHREYS

“A brilliant story of adventure and achievement.”—Washington Star.

Each Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50 net

African Adventure Stories

By J. ALDEN LORING

FIELD NATURALIST TO THE ROOSEVELT AFRICAN EXPEDITION

With a foreword byTheodore Roosevelt

Illustrated. 8vo. $1.50 net; postage extra

Twenty-two narratives of the adventures and experiences of the author and other famous hunters in Africa. Mr. Loring was a member of the Roosevelt expedition, and Mr. Roosevelt says in the foreword: “What he describes as fact may unhesitatingly be accepted as such.” It is a most exciting series of dangerous and unusual adventures.

The Adventures ofJames Capen Adams

Mountaineer and Grizzly BearHunter of California

By THEODORE H. HITTELL

Illustrated. $1.50 net

The narrative is given just as it first appeared in the simple, direct language in which “Grizzly” Adams told it to Mr. Hittell—a style that bears all the marks of absolute truth.

By WILLIAM H. WRIGHT

The Grizzly Bear

Illustrated. $1.50 net

“The very spirit of the grizzly is in subtle fashion brought near us. The book will long hold a high place in the literature of sport.”—New York Tribune.

The Black Bear

Illustrated. $1.00 net

“Finely illustrated, informing, and entertaining.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, NEW YORK


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