Ralph Delahaye Paine (1871-1925) owed part of his swashbuckling success as a writer to connections forged at Yale's secret society Skull and Bones and to an early friendship with the publisher William Randolph Hearst, for whom he covered the Spanish American War as well as the Boxer Rebellion in China. His philosophy in this and his other books was, "If we wish to scale Mont Blanc, or visit a thieves kitchen in the East End, or go down in a diving dress or up in a balloon, we must be about it while we are still young.. ...
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Ralph Delahaye Paine (1871-1925) owed part of his swashbuckling success as a writer to connections forged at Yale's secret society Skull and Bones and to an early friendship with the publisher William Randolph Hearst, for whom he covered the Spanish American War as well as the Boxer Rebellion in China. His philosophy in this and his other books was, "If we wish to scale Mont Blanc, or visit a thieves kitchen in the East End, or go down in a diving dress or up in a balloon, we must be about it while we are still young...Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other both in mind and body; to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight."
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Fair. No Jacket. Ex Library. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Navy cloth boards are very scuffed, rubbed, chipped at corners and tips, cloth on front hinge torn. Inside hinges have been repaired. Pages have some foxing, no markings in text.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Shelf wear and chipping to DJ. Slight discoloration and small open tears. Previous owner's name in front endpaper; The world travels of Author Paine, commencing with his matriculation at Yale. Incredibly varied and noteworthy experiences await the reader in this part memoir, part travel journal, and part war correspondence; B&W Photographs; 8vo-8" to 9" tall; 452 pages.
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Add this copy of Roads of Adventure to cart. $68.53, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.