I Married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson
by Osa Johnson
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A CLASSIC MEMOIR OF TWO PIONEERING ADVENTURERS Before Joy Adamson went to Africa, before Margaret Mead sailed to Samoa, before Dian Fossey was even born, a Kansas teenager named Osa Leighty married Martin Johnson, a pioneering photographer just back from a 'round-the-world cruise with Jack London. Together the Johnsons flew and sailed to Borneo, to Kenya, and to the Congo, filming Simba and other popular nature movies with Martin behind the camera and Osa holding her rifle at the ready in show more case the scene's big game star should turn hostile. This bestselling memoir retraces their careers in rich detail, with precisely observed descriptions and often heart-stopping anecdotes. Illustrated with scores of the dramatic photos that made the Johnsons famous, it's a book sure to delight every lover of true adventure. show lessTags
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The story of a married couple who were friends with Jack London who were pioneers in photographing and later filming wild life in Africa
at the turn of the 19th. century.
at the turn of the 19th. century.
275. I Married Adventure The Lives and Adventure of Martin and Osa Johnson, by Osa Johnson (read 15 Aug 1946) I believe I liked this book, but my life and politics were taking up all my diary entries and on Aug 15 I merely noted: "Read book."
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La historia empieza en Kansas hace un siglo cuando una adolescente se casa con un aventurero queacababa de regresar de los mares del Sur junto al mítico escritor Jack London, comienza así una vida de viajes pasando por penurias y peligros, fotografiando yfilmando todo lo que ven, pero también disfrutando de largas épocas de felicidad.
Jan 6, 2016Spanish
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- Canonical title
- I Married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson
- Original publication date
- 1940
- People/Characters
- Martin Johnson; Osa Leighty Johnson; Jack London
- Important places
- Borneo; Congo; Kenya; California, USA; New York, New York, USA; New Hebrides
- Dedication
- With all my love, I dedicate this book to the memory of my husband, whose work will be an everlasting monument to his heroic dreams and indefatigable spirit.
- First words
- In light of the placid expectation that because I was born in Chanute, Kansas, I would grow up, marry, raise a family, and die there, I find it amusing to recall a certain hot September day of my seventh year, when I asked my... (show all) father for ten cents.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I shall always remember that smile.
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- Fadiman, Clifton
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- Genres
- Travel, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Hunting and Fishing, Sports and Leisure, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 910.922 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel Explorers & Travelers Geographers, travellers, explorers regardless of country of origin
- LCC
- QH31 .J7 .J6 — Science Natural history – Biology Natural history (General) General
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- 5 — English, Finnish, French, Spanish, Swedish
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- Paper, Ebook
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