Adventure, November 15, 1927

Adventure Magazine, November 15, 1927 This issue of the adventure pulp magazine features diverse action narratives set across historical and exotic locales. Harold Lamb's complete novelette "The Road to Kandahar" follows Daril, an Arab physician traveling to the Mogul court in India in 1619, who encounters Sher Jan, a disreputable camel driver, and is robbed by Hazara warriors in a mountain pass. Raymond S. Spears contributes "The Horse Thief Rendezvous," a Western story involving frontier justice, while Leonard H. Nason's "Down in a Dugout" depicts American soldiers in the Champagne region during World War I. Hugh Pendexter begins a five-part serial, "The Sun Chasers," set on the Nebraska frontier. Additional stories include James Stevens's "The Dance Hall Fisherman" (early Seattle), Alan LeMay's "The Bells of San Juan," and Joel Townsley Rogers's complete novelette "Alias The Blackbird," featuring an aerial pirate. Other pieces include tales of Chinese cunning and mountain feuds. Regular departmental features include reader correspondence and trail guides.