Bring 'em Back Alive - Couverture rigide

Buck, Frank

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1443728675 ISBN 13 : 9781443728676

Editeur : Read Books, 2008

Synopsis

Originally published in 1930 BRING ' EM BACK ALIVE by FRANK BUCK AND EDWARD ANTHONY. Contents include: To Begin With ........ . . . . 3 CHAPTER I. Tapir on a Rampage ...... 7 II. Giant Jungle Man ....... 18 III. Tiger Revenge ........ 32 IV. Wanted: Two Rhinos ...... 48 V. Delivered: Two Rhinos ...... 61 VI. Jungle Laundress ....... 91 VII. Holter's Traps ........ 101 VIIL Chips Lends a Hand ...... 119 IX. Man-Eater ........ 130 X. Baby Boo ......... 161 XL Monkey Mothers ....... 173 XII. Ghost of Katong ....... 189 XIII. Elephant Temper ...... .200 XIV. Monkey Mischief ....... 221 XV. Loose on Board . . 2 XVI. Mouse-Deer . . W>. . . 6 . _--____, -, * XVIIL Eang Cobra ........ 272 Finally ............. 288. BRING ' EM BACK ALIVE. TO BEGIN WITH . . . It might be well to state at the outset that my aim is not to write a book that will add one more volume to the world 9 s col lection of natural histories or the existing treatises on the habits of wild animals. Whatever I have to

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A li at last came running up, excitedly shouting, A pa ini, tuan? A pa ini? W hat is this, master? It wasnt necessary for me to answer A lis question. Screajning for the other boy to come over and help him, he grabbed a board, one of the pieces of lumber left over after the pen had been built and started beating the animal over the head with it. The other boy who was at the far end of the compound finally heard his screams and came tearing over. With even more presence of mind than A li, (a real surprise to me, for over a period of years A li had displayed more resourcefulness in emergencies than any native I had ever employed anywhere in A sia) the newcomer grabbed a two-byfour scantling and shoved it into the open mouth of the would-be killer, the animal biting down on it. The surest way of saving my features was to put something besides my wornout knee between me and those vicious teeth, and the scantling did the trick. The animal, one piece of lumber between his teeth and another being brought down on his head, backed away a few paces. As he did, A li reached through the fence and grabbed my arm, pulling me further away from the maddened creature. At this point the other boy jumped over the fence, and, while A li beat the animal off with his board, lifted me to my feet. Almost falling against it in my weakened condition, I grabbed the top of the fence, putting one foot in an open space between the boards about a foot from the ground. Then this boy who served as All sassistant (although in this stirring operation he was really the leader and A li the assistant) gave me a great boost, which, combined with my own efforts, sent me toppling over the fence onto the ground on the other side where I landed in a limp heap. A mass of bruises, I lay there for half an hour before I could summon the strength to move. When I stood up at last it was with the aid of A l
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1443728675
• ISBN 13: 9781443728676
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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