I Married Adventure The Lives and Adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson

EB: J. B. Lippincott. Good with no dust jacket. 1940. Later Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1940. 376 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Bound in zebra style cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Osa Johnson's memoir details her adventures alongside her husband Martin, an explorer and pioneering photographer. These two kids from Kansas sailed to Borneo, Kenya, and the Congo in the early part of the 20th century, where, with Martin holding the camera and Osa wielding the gun, they documented the indigenous people and wildlife they encountered in groundbreaking films such as "Among the Cannibals of the South Pacific" (1918) and "Simba" (1928). Osa's engaging and exciting text is complemented by scores of the dramatic black-and-white photos that made the couple famous. After Martin's death in 1937, Osa continued their work alone, I Married Adventure was first published in 1940 and became the bestselling nonfiction book of that year. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages .