OUTDOOR STORIES lasted a mere thirteen issues through 1927-28. Today, it's one of the rarest pulp magazines. One of its best-known contributors was the prolific J. Allan Dunn. Presented in this volume are three of his tales from OUTDOOR STORIES which, though long-forgotten, rank with his best work; gripping, fascinating adventures set in the exotic places of another day. The featured story is the novelette, "New Guinea Gold," a savage, epic tale of friendship, survival and revenge. Also included is a history of OUTDOOR STORIES, a biography of its editor, Edmund C. Richards, and an examination of Dunn's role in the magazine.
Three early novels from legendary pulp writer, J. Allan Dunn, all South Seas sagas published in ADVENTURE magazine in 1915-16. These are the stories that made Dunn one of the magazine's marquee names. They are stories of modern-day buccaneers-who behave a lot like their olden-day counterparts-smoothly-plotted tales, with plenty of high adventure, exotic locations, perilous predicaments, motley collections of characters, understated violence and heavy romance-the epitome of pulp adventure of the era. THE ISLAND OF THE DEAD (April 1915) is Dunn's rousing first novel. THE GOLD LUST (November 1915) follows a treasure from the Sierras to an uncharted island hideaway. Its sequel, BEYOND THE RIM (July 1916), cemented Dunn as one of Adventure readers' favorite authors.
This fine collection of vintage mysteries from the pulp magazines presents 13 tales sure to thrill the armchair detective. Included are: HANDS OF DOOM, by David H. Keller EVIDENCE, by Murray Leinster THE DRUMS OF DEATH, by J. Allan Dunn HAIR OF THE CAT, by Robert Turner HELL’S SIPHON, by George Harmon Coxe DIBBLE DABBLES IN DEATH, by David Wright O’Brien CLOSE TO MY HEART, by Chester S. Geier THE RAG-TAG GIRL, by Norbert Davis MASTER OF FEAR, by Frank Gruber GREEN-EYED VENGEANCE, by Arthur J. Burks A HUNDRED GRAND, by Mort Lansing DEAD MAN’S CHEST, by Norbert Davis $10,000 AN INCH, by Tedd Thomey If you enjoy this volume of our best-selling MEGAPACK® ebook series, check out the rest of the series! We have more than 400 volumes, covering mysteries, westerns, science fiction, romance, classics—and much, much more. Search your favorite ebook store for ""Wildside Press Megapack"" to see them all.
Adventure, one of the all-time great pulp magazines, presented novels and short stories by many of the greatest writers from the early to mid 20th Century. This issue features the novel BEYOND THE RIM, by J. Allan Dunn, a tale of the South Seas, plus: Beyond the Rim, by J. Allan Dunn The Peace Hat, by Thomas Addison Cassidy’s Consolation Kick, by Hugh S. Fullerton Old Dad, by George L. Catton Gaston Olaf [Part 2 of 3], by Henry Oyen The Devil’s Due, by Redfield Ingalls When Oscar Went Wild, by W. C. Tuttle The Education of Billy Stream, by Frederick William Wallace The 500th Shot, by David L. Mackaye The Law in Little Egypt, by Hapsburg Liebe Wild Bill in Deadwood Gulch, by Robert V. Carr Rumor Substantiated, by William R. Thompson To Crack a Safe, by Patrick & Terence Casey
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE TREASURE OF ATLANTIS" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A revelation of Ronald Murdock, an orchid hunter, persuades Stanley Morse to take an expedition in the mountain jungles of South America where fearless explorers find the descendants of those who fled the destruction of ancient Atlantis. J. Allan Dunn (1872–1941) was one of the high-producing writers of the American pulp fiction. He first made a name for himself in pulp magazine Adventure. He was a specialist in South Sea stories, and pirate tales. His main genres were adventure and western, but he also wrote a number of detective stories.
After being shipwrecked, nine average men of varying background and experiences finally reach land. With no tools, no weapons, no supplies-not so much as a penknife or watch-crystal among them-the castaways realize they can endure their isolation only by working as a team and making ingenious use of their limited knowledge. But Nature's most hostile forces are arrayed against them, and when prolonged privation eventually drives one of the nine mad, their chances of survival and further diminished.Written by prolific fictioneer J. Allan Dunn at the best of Adventure editor Arthur Sullivant Hoffman-who imposed strict limitations on the storytelling devices Dunn could employ-Barehanded Castaways was widely acclaimed. A sequel, The Island, was published the following year, and when Adventure solicited opinions on which stories should be reprinted in its 25th anniversary issue, Castaways was the number one choice of the magazine's long-time readers.This is number five in the ten-volume collection "Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction.
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