Adventure Magazine, December 1916

This December 1916 issue of *Adventure* features "Hidden Country," a complete novel by Henry Overt concerning an Arctic expedition aboard the yacht *Wanderer*. Protagonist Gardner Pitt, a discontented office worker earning $25 weekly, accepts an offer from his wealthy former schoolmate George Chanler to serve as literary secretary for an Alaskan voyage hunting gold and adventure. The opening episodes establish atmosphere through a waterfront Seattle encounter where Pitt witnesses a tense confrontation between a seaman named Tad Madigan and a commanding, mysterious big man called "Foxy," before meeting a red-haired yacht employee sent to retrieve him. Additional fiction includes "The Chase of the Four Fools" (Part II) by Patrick and Terence Casey, an adventure tale set in Borneo featuring jungle and head-hunter perils surrounding a hidden mountain and the "Green God" emerald; "A Man-Sized Pet" by W.C. Tuttle; "A Tale of Old Shoes" by Thomas Addison; "Oil" by Wallace Davie; and "Billy June and Padre Paolo's Revolution" by Wilbur Hall, set amid Brazilian upheaval. Poetry and non-fiction by General Ben J. Viljoen on Boer War experiences complement the adventure-focused content.