Description
A reissue of Willard Price's classic adventure series set in the animal kingdom
About the Author
Willard Price was born in 1887 in Peterborough, Ontario. He held a special interest for natural history, ethnology and exploration and made numerous expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History and the National Geographic Society.
He went on to edit various magazines on travel and world affairs and spent six years working in Japan as foreign correspondent for New York and London newspapers. He wrote fourteen adventure stories featuring Hal and Roger Hunt and travelled in seventy-seven countries before his death in 1983.
Reviews
These are the books that got me reading -- Anthony Horowitz
Willard Price makes the pulse-rate soar * The Independent *
Price knew all the right buttons to press to excite a young reader - exotic locations, nasty villains, wild animals and lashings of peril -- David Barnett * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781782950172
Author Willard Price
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Red Fox
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Weight(grams) 200g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 22mm