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The Oxford Book of Adventure Stories (Hardcover, New)
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The Oxford Book of Adventure Stories (Hardcover, New)
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When we think of adventure we envision feats of derring-do,
perilous journeys into the remote wilderness, swashbuckling deeds
on the high seas, and survival in the face of impossible odds. Now,
in a collection that challenges our very notion of adventure,
Joseph Bristow brings together twenty-three riveting tales, penned
by such masters as Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram
Stoker, and Zane Gray, but with notable contributions from such
unexpected sources as Margaret Atwood, Tim O'Brien, and Daphne Du
Maurier.
Here readers will find bravery and boldness in settings that range
from desert islands to the Java Sea, from war-torn Europe to
deepest Africa, and from India to the Canadian wastes. Bristow
offers many classic works of adventure, such as Edgar Allan Poe's
MS Found in a Bottle, Mark Twain's ThePrivate History of a Campaign
that Failed, and Joseph Conrad's The Lagoon. Along side these, he
also includes Margaret Atwood's offbeat Death by Landscape and Tim
O'Brien's On the Rainy River (where the adventure lies in dodging
the draft as opposed to going to war).
An exhilarating collection of classic and contemporary tales, The
Oxford Book of Adventure Stories is sure to amuse, intrigue,
captivate, and challenge every lover of fiction.
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