The Illustrated Blue Book Magazine, June 1928

Museum Catalog Note This June 1928 issue of *Blue Book Magazine* (Vol. 47, No. 2) edited by Edwin Balmer contains thirteen short stories, two serials, and five reader-contributed pieces. The featured work is "Spears in the Sun" by James Edwin Baum (Part 7 of a serial), an adventure novel set in Abyssinia involving ivory-poaching along forbidden borders. The narrative follows Angus McPherson, a Scottish poacher-turned-adventurer who has decided to abandon his dangerous trade. While walking through Addis Ababa, McPherson observes an Abyssinian feudal chief's retinue and reflects on parallels between local clan customs and Scottish Highland society. The excerpt concludes with McPherson's shocked discovery of a young white woman riding through the chief's procession, raising her crop against him. Other stories include "Gone to Hilo" by Captain Dingle, "The Piper of Hualapai" by Hubert Loomis Smith, and "Rivers of Doubt" (Part 2 of 2) by Walton Green.