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Автор: Arthur O.Friel
Год: 2009
Издание:
Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 246
ISBN: 9781409980872
Arthur Olney Friel (1887-1959) was one of the most popular writers for the adventure pulps. He began appearing in Adventure magazine in 1919 with stories set in the Amazon jungle featuring the characters Pedro and Lourenco, two rubber-industry workers who undergo harrowing experiences in the impenetrable jungle surrounding the Javary River. Friel, a 1909 Yale University graduate, had been South American editor for the Associated Press which led him into his subject matter. In 1922, he became a real-life explorer when he took a six-month trip down Venezuela's Orinoco River and its tributary, the Ventuari River. His travel account was published in 1924 as The River of Seven Stars. In late 1922, Friel began writing longer works, which were serialized in Adventure. The first ones, featuring a trio of adventurers called McKay, Ryan and Knowlton, and other characters, were The Pathless Trail (1922), Tiger River (1923) and Mountains of Mystery (1925). He remained a popular writer in...
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