215B: 1940’s adventure stories

I read these stories as a young teenager in the early 1940’s. I think they were probably intended for boys. I remember the author’s last name as French. One story was set in West Africa, another in southern Patagonia.

5 thoughts on “215B: 1940’s adventure stories

  1. sueelleker

    The ‘Adventure’ series by Willard Price/ The boys collect animals all round the world for their father.
    “Adventure
    Pacific Adventure (1936)
    South Sea Adventure (1936)
    Amazon Adventure (1949)
    Underwater Adventure (1954)
    Volcano Adventure (1956)
    Whale Adventure (1960)
    African Adventure (1963)
    Elephant Adventure (1964)
    Safari Adventure (1966)
    Lion Adventure (1967)
    Gorilla Adventure (1969)
    Diving Adventure (1970)
    Cannibal Adventure (1973)
    Tiger Adventure (1979)
    Arctic Adventure (1980)”

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  2. Ann

    Rene Guillot? He was a French mid-20th-century author of adventure stories, some of which were set in West Africa. I don’t remember any about Patagonia, but I haven’t read all his books.

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  3. Joan

    To Whomever:
    This doesn’t sound right. I don’t remember animal collecting. But, thanks —
    I will check it out.
    Joan

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  4. Kelly W

    Not a French name, but could they have been Howard Pease’s series about Tod Moran, a young man who works on a tramp steamer and travels around the world, having adventures in many ports?

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    1. Joan

      Yes, I read the Howard Pease books, too, at that age. And wished that I could be a boy so that I could go on a tramp steamer.
      Thanks for bringing that author’s name back to me.
      Joan

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