Eagle Book of Modern Adventurers

Eagle Book of Modern Adventurers is a book rather than an annual, telling the stories of war-time adventure and global exploration. 17 stories are included from a wide range of different authors.

Original Price : 6s 0d (30p)

Published by : Hulton Press Ltd in 1952

Dimensions : 13cm x 18.5cm with 238 pages.

Selected highlights:
  • Read about the Wooden Horse, not the Trojan one, but the one from Stalag-Luft III
  • Hear how Thor Heyerdahl lead the Kon-Tiki expedition.
  • Round the World on a Bicycle - the story of John Foster Fraser
  • Ten Thousand Miles on Horseback - sounds painful to me...
Contents
 Page
Adventure in a Prison Camp 
THE WOODEN HORSE 
by Eric Williams1
Adventure in Ethnography 
THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION 
by Ronald Syme18
Adventure in the Desert 
MAN OF MYSTERY 
by Ronald Syme32
Adventure in Mountaineering 
ATTACK ON EVEREST 
by John Nance48
Adventure in Motor-racing 
SUPER-SPEEDMAN 
by Dennis May64
Adventure in Ancient Mysteries 
THE PAST COMES TO LIFE 
by Ronald Syme77
Adventure at the South Pole 
GRIM JOURNEY 
by A. M. McClean95
Adventure in the Air 
MEN AGAINST THE ATLANTIC 
by John W. R. Taylor108
Adventure in Diving 
THREE THOUSAND FEET DEEP 
by Martin Chisholm122
Adventure on Horseback 
TEN THOUSAND MILES ON HORSEBACK 
by Ronald Syme137
Adventure in Tropical Africa 
SPECIAL MISSION OF A GENIUS 
by Ronald Syme149
Adventure in Strange Lands 
WANDERLUST 
by Duncan Hall162
Adventure in Caves 
TWELVE YEARS IN THE HEART OF A MOUNTAIN 
by Ellam Hall173
Adventure in Seafaring  
THE FARTHEST NORTH 
by Ronald Syme190
Adventure among Outlaws 
THE FORBIDDEN LAND 
by R. Motson Thompson203
Adventure on Wheels 
ROUND THE WORLD ON A BICYCLE 
by Bernard Newman217
Adventure in Labrador 
ADVENTURE WALKED BESIDE HIM 
by Ronald Syme227