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Adventure

Adventure novels.


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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

B. Traven
Interwar German Adventure

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

In ‘8 Ball Bunny’, Bugs Bunny is trying to get a cute little Penguin back to the South Pole. At several points along the journey, a man I now recognize as Humphrey Bogart approaches Bugs and asks, “Can you help a fellow American who’s down on his luck?” As an adult who has seen the film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre several times, I laugh uproariously as this parody of the movie’s opening sequence.

July 18, 2022July 17, 2022 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Miracle on 34th Street

Valentine Davies
Post-War American Adventure

Miracle on 34th Street

The film was released in 1947, and the book was published in the very same year and it was written by the same man who wrote the story for the film, Valentine Davies.

December 6, 2021December 5, 2021 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Miracle on 34th Street

The Story of a Real Man

Boris Polevoy
Post-War Russian Adventure

The Story of a Real Man

A Story About A Real Man is about a man that actually existed — hence the title. Alexei Maresyev was a Soviet pilot that fought in the second world war and suffered a double amputation. This is a review of Boris Polevoy’s novel.

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Story of a Real Man
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