Adventure Magazine

This March 20, 1922 issue of Adventure magazine contains fiction by established adventure writers. The featured complete novel is Talbot Mundy's "The Lion of Petra," set in the Palestinian desert in 1920, following a protagonist and his associate Grim as they pursue a troublesome sheikh named Ali Higg in the remote region near Petra. The narrative opens with the protagonist accepting an invitation to join Grim on a dangerous desert expedition.

The issue includes additional stories: Captain Dingle's "The Burial of Billy" (British East Indies), Barry Scobee's "The Drought" (American Southwest), Robert Simpson's "The Goat-Man" (Niger delta), Stanton A. Lapham's "The Unknown Quantity" (Alaska), Rolf Bennett's "Yeller Jack" (sea-based), Charles Beadle's "The Land of Ophir" part two (Sahara), Thomson Burtis's "The Jump-Back" (American Air Service), and E.O. Foster's "A Bit of a Spirit?" (Philippine insurrection). The issue also features departmental sections on camp-fire discussions, weapons, mountaineering, and fishing. An International Correspondence Schools advertisement occupies substantial space promoting technical and commercial education courses.