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I Married Adventure: The Lives and Adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson the First Couple to Penetrate Remotest Africa

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I Married Adventure: The Lives and Adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson the First Couple to Penetrate Remotest Africa

by Johnson, Osa

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New York: William Morrow & Company Inc. , 1989. This is a FIRST EDITION of the revised edition of 1989. Quarter tan cloth with black lettering on spine offwhite boards. not price-clipped dust jacket is in good condition but has been tape reinforced at the head of the spine which repairs two quarter inch tears. 94 black and white photos in eight 8-page photo inserts with endpaper maps and index. This includes the review slip from the publisher. Martin Johnson (October 9, 1884 – January 13, 1937) and his wife Osa Johnson (née Leighty, March 14, 1894 – January 7, 1953) were adventurers from Kansas. In the first half of the 20th century an American couple from Chanute, Kansas named Martin and Osa Johnson captured the public's imagination through their films and books of adventure in exotic, far-away lands. Photographers, explorers, marketers, naturalists and authors, Martin and Osa studied the wildlife and peoples of East and Central Africa, the South Pacific Islands and British North Borneo. They explored then unknown lands and brought back knowledge of civilizations thousands of miles away through their films, writings and lectures. Martin Johnson took part as a crew member and cook in Jack London's 1907–1909 voyage across the Pacific aboard the Snark. After that, he started a traveling road show that toured the United States displaying photographs and artifacts collected on the voyage. He met Osa Johnson while passing through her hometown of Chanute, Kansas, and they married. After seven years, Martin and Osa raised enough money to depart for new adventures, going first to the Solomon Islands, and later Borneo, and still later Africa. Martin Johnson died in the crash of a Western Air Express commercial flight near Burbank, California in 1937; Osa was severely injured but recovered. by October, 1937, the New York Times was publishing dispatches of Osa's latest trip to Africa, in which she described lifestyles and practices of the Masai and other tribes. She died in New York City of a heart attack in 1953.. First Revised Edition. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

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On Jul 28 2017, a reader said:
I saw the Johnsons present their travel movies when I was very young. My grandparents took me, and the book was on their shelf....now on mine. I love this book and have read it many times. The story of their romance is charming, and her courage at a young age is amazing. You may often see it in decorator/design magazines, because of the beautiful zebra print cloth cover.

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Bookseller
Ziern-Hanon Galleries US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
013346
Title
I Married Adventure: The Lives and Adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson the First Couple to Penetrate Remotest Africa
Author
Johnson, Osa
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Revised Edition
Publisher
William Morrow & Company Inc.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1989
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords
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