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Beyond Mombasa (Columbia). "The natives," observes one sweat-drenched bwana, "are growing uneasy." Then one of them catches it right in the back-a poisoned dart from a blowgun. He's a goner, of course, as soon as the stuff hits his bloodstream. More nervous mumbling from the natives ("They say this is a bad omen"). Evil forces are clearly trying to prevent Cornel Wilde from rediscovering the uranium mine found by his late brother, poor devil, who was murdered by a steel-clawed Leopard Man. Also barring his way, on his Technicolor plunge into spine-tingling British East...
...head with a single well-aimed arrow, showmen the world over have made a risky living by pinning their partners' clothes to the wall with a motley collection of cutlery or by snapping off cigarettes, held aquiver in their partners' lips, with spears, rhino whips, bullets and blowgun darts...
...moment of genius, at 32, he dashed off The American Boys' Handy Book. This wonderful volume covered everything any boy needed to know, from how to make a blowgun to how to tie a double bowline. It sold 250,000 copies in 50 years, still sells to this day. The U.S. woods are dotted with lean-tos built according to Dan Beard's plans; each spring kites modeled on Dan Beard's pattern sail over innumerable U.S. villages. Millions of rabbits have avoided without difficulty the contraptions, involving a notched stick and a box, which were supposed...