Adventure, August 1917

Adventure Magazine, August 1917

This issue features eight stories spanning adventure genres. The lead serial, "The Northwoman" by Kathrene and Robert Pinkerton, depicts conflict around waterfalls and industrial development, with a woman protagonist navigating between wilderness and city interests. "Dan of the Sword" by Charles M. Cosby presents military action against Moros in the Philippines with an unconventional colonel. Russell A. Boggs contributes "With His Record Clear," a railroad tale. Arthur D. Howden Smith's "Contraband Matrimony" involves a sea captain entangled in submarine and battle scenarios. "Thanks to the Devil" by Frederick Simpich treats railroad construction in China alongside superstitious coolies. J. Allan Dunn continues "Rotorua Rex," a South Seas adventure. James B. Hendry's "The Taming of 'Bad Jack' Creedy" follows a Yukon gold-rush protagonist with the Northwest Mounted. W. C. Tuttle's "Bearly Reasonable" concerns a professor's animal-behavior experiment with grizzlies. Roy P. Churchill's "The Hunch" features Navy apprentices. The issue also includes poems and departmental features.