Mammoth Adventure, September 1946

# Catalog Note: Mammoth Adventure, September 1946, Volume 1, No. 2

This issue contains five fiction works spanning adventure and mystery genres. The lead novel is E. Hoffman Price's "Father of the Scourge" (66,000 words), a historically-grounded adventure set in colonial Africa concerning the Khalifa's rule over a quarter of the continent. William P. McGivern contributes "Rat Race in Rio" (7,800 words), depicting criminal contestants in a disreputable scheme. H. B. Hickey's novelet "Assignment Barcelona" (11,000 words) follows an agent confronted with violent circumstances. Alexander Blade's cover-featured "Traders in Death" (10,000 words) involves unscrupulous dealings and female characters. W. W. Kerle's brief story "The Witness" (1,600 words) presents a courtroom drama where a woman must testify to murder. The issue also features nonfiction pieces on aviation, exploration, and natural phenomena, including Dwight V. Swain's "Jungle Napoleon," a factual article on an adventurer.