Hairbreadth escapes of Major Mendax : his perilous encounters, startling adventures, and daring expl...
Hairbreadth escapes of Major Mendax : his perilous encounters, startling adventures, and daring exploits with Indians, cannibals, wild beasts, serpents, ballons, geysers, etc., etc., all over the world, in the bowels of the earth and above the clouds : a personal narrative / by Francis Blake Crofton ; with spirited illustrations by Bennett.
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Publisher
Philadelphia : Hubbard Brothers, [1889]
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Language
English
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Physical content
1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations.
Content type
text
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computer
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online resource
Publication information
Publisher
Philadelphia : Hubbard Brothers, [1889]
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
[1889]
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Summary
"The narrator, a world traveler and explorer, tells his two nephews, Bill and Bob, a series of bedtime stories. In them the narrator travels through the continent of Africa in the role of big game hunter and feather merchant. He undergoes a series of wild adventures and escapes dealing with assorted African tribes--all of them apparently imaginary-...
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Hairbreadth escapes of Major Mendax : his perilous encounters, startling adventures, and daring exploits with Indians, cannibals, wild beasts, serpents, ballons, geysers, etc., etc., all over the world, in the bowels of the earth and above the clouds : a personal narrative / by Francis Blake Crofton ; with spirited illustrations by Bennett.
Cover title
Book for boys
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Title page printed in red and black.
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©1889
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74VKVE3DGdEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVE3DGdEZ
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991024130829202626
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