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1Tom of the Raiders

By William Henry Bishop

Young Adult historical fiction of a young man joining the Union Army and taking part in the Great Locomotive Chase. (Summary by Brett Downey)

Thrill Book was a short-lived genre fiction precursor to Weird Tales featuring some of the same talent like Greye La Spina, Seabury Quinn, Clark Ashton Smith and Francis Stevens but with a somewhat broader scope that included crime and spy stories, westerns and adventure tales in addition to the sci-fi, fantasy and horror that Weird Tales was known for. In this first issue, marvel at the short story debut of noted Woman of Weird Fiction Greye La Spina! Thrill to the opening part of the lost race jungle adventure serial "In the Shadows of Race"! Sink into the curious doppelgänger tale "The Man Who Met Himself"! Be amazed at the mysterious and mystical tale of an ancient Egyptian curio in "The Jeweled Ibis"! All this and more! - Summary by Ben Tucker

3Four Months in a Sneak-Box

By Nathaniel H. Bishop

The kind reception by the American press of the author's first journey to the great southern sea, and its republication in Great Britain and in France ... have encouraged him to give the public a companion volume, "FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX" ... a relation of ... a second cruise to the Gulf of Mexico ... by a different route from that followed in the "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE." This time the author procured one of the smallest and most comfortable of boats... the BARNEGAT SNEAK-BOX. This curious and stanch little craft, though only twelve feet in length, proved a most comfortable and serviceable home while the author rowed in it more than 2600 miles down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, until he reached the goal of his voyage — the mouth of the wild Suwanee River — which was the terminus of his "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE." - Summary by Nathaniel H. Bishop<br><br> NOTE: There are issues of race in the telling of "Four Months in a Sneak-box", particularly anti-Black stereotypes and derogatory terms. It is LibriVox's policy to record texts as written.

Welcome back to another exciting collection courtesy of the little known but influential pulp magazine The Thrill Book! In this issue we continue the mystical Egyptian mystery "The Jeweled Ibis" and the daring jungle adventure "In the Shadows of Race" as well as bringing a new full-length raucous and rowdy western "A Hooting, Tooting Son-of-a-Gun" as well as a quality selection of additional stories, poems and other assorted articles. - Summary by Ben Tucker

Here we are swinging back into adventure with the third exciting issue of The Thrill Book, an influential early pulp magazine featuring stories of action, horror and mystery sure to get your heart pounding! In this issue, we have the conclusion of the mysterious lost race jungle adventure "In the Shadows of Race" as well the suspenseful crime story "At the End of the Wires" and several other tales of ghostly happenings and murderous vengeance to bring a smile to the face of the well-seasoned pulp fan. - Summary by Ben Tucker