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Adventure Magazine Cover

· December 10, 1923

Adventure Magazine Cover
This issue of *Adventure* magazine (December 10, 1923) contains multiple stories spanning exotic and frontier settings. The lead piece is Talbot Mundy's novel *Mohammed's Tooth*, set in India during a prince's visit, featuring characters Athelstan King, James Grim, and the narrator operating as a military intelligence trap near the Northwest Frontier, attempting to contact the rebel leader Kangra Khan while ostensibly planning a Persian expedition. Leonard H. Nason contributes *Fit-Hacked Francs*, a complete novelette set during the Argonne offensive in World War I. William Byron Mowery's *A Man's Line* depicts survival trials in Labrador. Additional stories include Royce Brier's *Ordinary Men* (trapped Oregon miners), Charles Victor Fischer's *Over the Navy* (liquor smuggling), George E. Holt's *A Matter of Title* (Morocco), and Gordon Young's serial *Standish of the Star Y* (cattle country). The magazine also includes reader letters, advice columns, and practical guides for outdoor activities.

Public domain (pre-1929), restored and presented by comicbooks.com public-domain