Description
The gazes of the soldier of fortune, now fully acquainted to the brightness of the light, made certain that the shadow had not shifted, nor was mindful of his quiet and stealthy move. The Golden Bough consists of these chapters: Crepuscule; Enigma; Mystery; Tanya; Khodkine; Zoya; Camouflage; Disaster; Surprises; Flight; The Plot; Pursuit; A Scent; The Clue; The Turkish Cigarette; Rescue; The Central Committee; Von Stromberg; A Samaritan; Escape; The Visitor; Pilgrims; The Priest; A Night Adventure; Kempelstein; and Finis. George Fort Gibbs was a writer, illustrator, artist, and screenwriter. As a writer, he penned over 50 famous books, originally adventure tales mostly about undercover activities in out of the ordinary places. Many of his stories were rendered into moving pictures. His Yellow Dove was made into a movie twice. His illustrations were seen notably in several magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies’ Home Journal, Redbook and The Delineator. He also illustrated a few of his own books, and the books of others. As a painter he created a number of visual renderings, and created murals for Pennsylvania Station and Girard College in Philadelphia. His screenwriting acclaims consist of a movie of the life story of Voltaire. George Gibbs was born in New Orleans. His father, Benjamin F. Gibbs, was a naval surgeon who practiced his profession for his entire life there. Dr. Gibbs had seen much undertaking in his naval career. He had joined in the Paraguay Expedition aboard the USS Memphis. At the Civil War of the United States, he had joined in the battle of Mobile Bay aboard the steam-sloop USS Ossipee and had been on board in some of the ships that followed the CSS Webb on its rush down the Mississippi. In middle of the war, on February 25, 1864, Dr. Gibbs got married to Elizabeth Beatrice Kellogg (1837–1883).
Product ID: 9781776725328
Sku: P2-9OZ0-DUHA
