Details

Title

This Incredible Adventure

Author

Macmillan, Armour

Publication Date

1928

Publisher

Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.

Place of Publication

London, ENG

Physical Description

print
312 p. ; 19.1 x 13.5 cm

Edition

First

Collection

L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Note

'This Incredible Adventure' by (John) Armour Macmillan was owned L.M. Montgomery and later by her son Chester Cameron Macdonald. The inscription reads "L.M. Montgomery Macdonald 1930" with a small cat drawing; the date of the inscription means that she would have been living at the Norval Manse in Ontario. The other inscription, "Cameron Macdonald Toronto, Ont, May 25/42," was made just after Montgomery's death on April 24, 1942. Chester "helped himself" to books and papers belonging to his mother after her death before her younger son Stuart Macdonald was able to change door locks on the Toronto house. The book is often categorized as "fantastic" literature, and it tells the story of a 20th-century man drawn back to 600 BC. According to one contemporary review, the protagonist "wriggles out" of various scrapes and incidents using his knowledge of history.

Genre

book

Call Number(s)

954 SI P.LIB.LMM 1930