Author: Talbot MundyPublisher: New York : Royal Books
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Talbot Mundy's Trek East
Author: Talbot MundyPublisher: New York : Royal Books
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Trek east
Author: Talbot MundyTalbot Mundy, Philosopher of Adventure
Author: Brian TavesPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078648442X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This critical biography chronicles both the actual travels and the philosophical meanderings of Talbot Mundy, one of the pioneers of the fantasy and adventure genre. Less celebrated than his contemporaries Rudyard Kipling and Joseph Conrad, Mundy was no less gifted when it came to the literary portrayal of faraway lands. He was one of the first Western writers to show an appreciation of Eastern culture, and his writing became an outlet for his radical ideas on religion and philosophy. At the age of sixteen, Mundy left his native England to begin his life of adventure--a journey that took him from India to the Middle East to Tibet and finally to America, which became his adopted home. The American spirit of adventure matched Mundy's own, and it was here that he found a true audience for his work. This book explores Mundy's oeuvre--much of it set in exotic locales through which he himself had traveled--and considers both his novels and his lesser known writing, as well as his film and radio work. Books such as Rung Ho!, King-of the Khyber Rifles, Caves of Terror, Purple Pirate and Tros of Samothrace are discussed and placed within the framework of Mundy's life and philosophy. The final chapter evaluates the enduring value of his writings. Appendices include a comprehensive list of Mundy's works and a chronological listing by their original publication dates.
Talbot Mundy Biblio
Author: VariousPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
This is a bibliography of the works of the author Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) compiled and edited by Bradford M. Day. Talbot Mundy was born in London in 1879. He served nearly ten years, beginning in 1900, as a government official in Africa and India. While in India, he wandered all over the sub-continent on horseback, and even into Tibet. Fascinated by Eastern occult lore, Mundy absorbed all he could learn of the Indian beliefs. Government service next brought him to Africa where his interest in folk tales on magic continued. Mundy also visited Australia, and Mexico as far south as Yucatan. He first arrived in the United States in 1911, and liked the country so much that he decided to stay and become a citizen. Mundy quickly turned his energies to writing, and an article, "Pig Sticking in India," was accepted and published in the April 1911 issue of Adventure Magazine. More articles soon followed. For years thereafter, Adventure had short stories, novelettes, novels, and serials by this master teller of tales in most of the issues that were printed.
Told in the East
Author: Talbot MundyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781592249114
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Told in then East is a collection of three Talbot Mundy novellas -- _Hookum Hai_, _For the Salt He Had Eaten, _ and _Machassan Ah_, all set, like much of Mundy's work, in India and Arabia. If you haven't read Mundy before, brace yourself: He was an enormously popular writer in his day for damn good reason. The tales told in the east are mighty keen adventures. (Jacketless library hardcover.)
Materials Toward a Bibliography of the Works of Talbot Mundy
Author: Bradford M. DayPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1592242049
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
A preliminary bibliography, notes, essays, and story lists on the novels and short works of Talbot Mundy.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Antiquarian Bookman
Author: The Illustrated Weekly of India
Author: Hancer's Price Guide to Paperback Books
Author: Kevin HancerPublisher: Wallace-Homestead
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
A reference guide to the prices of paperback collectible books and a bibliography of paperback imprints. Lists all mass market paperbacks published in the United States between 1939 and 1959 ; some publishers are listed through 1965. Includes selected Canadian, pre-1939 and post 1959 books based on colector interest. Lists over 30,000 entries under their imprint names and imprint code numbers.