Enter at your own risk: Once you crack open the pages of this book, you’ll find yourself enmeshed in a collection of adventure stories so big and exhilarating, you may never be heard from again!
In The Big Book of Adventure Stories, editor Otto Penzler has collected the most heart-pounding tales of all time in one gigantic volume. Featuring stone-cold classics by authors like Jack London, O. Henry, Rider Haggard, Alastair MacLean, Tablot Mundy, Cornell Woolrich and many others, this book is overflowing with incredible tales that will set your imagination on fire!
Get to know some of the most celebrated characters in fiction, including Bulldog Drummond, Hopalong Cassidy, The Spider and many more. Between tales of dead-eyed gunmen and lawless open seas, you’ll find the complete novel Tarzan the Terrible and the story that introduced us to The Cisco Kid!
The book is cleverly divided into sections embodying the greatest themes of the genre, including Sword & Sorcery, Man vs. Nature, Island Paradise, Sand and Sun, Something Feels Funny, Go West Young Man, Future Shock, I Spy, Yellow Peril and In Darkest Africa. This might be the greatest collection of adventure stories ever compiled!
Softcover : 896 pages
Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House Inc. ( May 31, 2011 )
Item #: 13-392501
ISBN: 9780307474506
Product Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.125 x 1.44inches
Product Weight: 34.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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