King Solomon's Mines and Other Adventure Classics

Adventure! Writers have found it in all four corners of the globe, on land, at sea, and in the air. The thrill of adventure pulses through some of the greatest stories ever told and invigorates  the exploits of some of the most famous characters ever imagined into being: Tarzan of the Apes; Zorro, the Curse of Capistrano; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Allan Quatermain, explorer of darkest Africa.
 
King Solomon's Mines and Other Adventure Classics gathers into one volume twenty-four ripping adventure yarns set in the desert, in the jungle, on the ocean, in the Wild West, in the South Seas, and in kingdoms lost to time andmemory. Its selections include:
 
The Man Who Would Be King--Rudyard Kipling tells of two soldiers of fortune, Peachey Carnehan and Daniel Dravot, who are revered as gods by the natives of Kafiristan--until they accidentally let their humanity slip.
 
A Descent into the Maelstrom--In EdgarAllan Poe's nail-biting tale, there's nothing the narrator can do but ride out the forces of nature when his boat becomes caught in an inescapable whirlpool off the Norwegian coast.
 
The Mark of Zorro--Everyone in Johnston McCulley's famous novel asks themselves the same questions: who is the masked avenger who goes by the name of Zorro, and what is his relationship to the aristocratic dandy Don Diego.
 
The Capture of Tarzan--In this jungle tale by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the apeman runs afoul of a native tribe but knows that he can depend on his friend Tantor the elephant to help him escape imprisonment and certain death.
 
The Beach of Falesa--The South Sea island of Falesa is the setting for Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of superstition, dark magic, and a deadly rivalry between two copra traders.
 
King Solomon's Mines--In H. Rider Haggard's classic lost world adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain discovers that the only thing more difficult than finding alegendary treasure-filled mine is returning from it alive.