The Big Book of Adventure stories

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A daring death-defying collection of hairraising adventure stories thats so big and enthralling that if you open it you may never be seen enter at your own risk. Everyone loves tales of intrepid individuals in exotic locales and Otto Penzler has collected the best adventure stories of all time into one mammoth volume. With stories by Jack London O. Henry Rudyard Kipling H. G. Wells Edgar Rice Burroughs H. Rider Haggard Alastair MacLean Talbot Mundy Cornell Woolrich and many others this wide-reaching and fascinating volume contains some of the best characters from the most thrilling adventure tales including The Cisco Kid ; Sheena ; Queen of the Jungle ; Bulldog Drummond ; Tarzan ; The Scarlet Pimpernel ; Conan the Barbarian ; Hopalong Cassidy ; King Kong ; Zorro ; and The Spider. Divided into sections that embody the greatest themes of the genreSword & Sorcery Megalomania Rules Man vs. Nature Island Paradise Sand and Sun Something Feels Funny Go West Young Man Future Shock I Spy Yellow Peril In Darkest Africait is destined to be the greatest collection of adventure stories ever compiled.