{"product_id":"they-married-adventure-the-wandering-lives-of-martin-and-osa-johnson-paperback-softback-9780813526959","title":"They Married Adventure; The Wandering Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813526959","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThey Married Adventure\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Wandering Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePascal James Imperato (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813526959\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.596 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartin and Osa Johnson thrilled American audiences of the 1920s and 30s with their remarkable movies of far-away places, exotic peoples, and the dramatic spectacle of African wildlife. Their own lives were as exciting as the movies they made--sailing through the South Sea Islands, dodging big game at African waterholes, flying small planes over the veldt, taking millionaires on safari.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsa Johnson’s ghostwritten autobiography, I Married Adventure, became a national bestseller. The 1939 film version was billed as “the story of World Exploration’s First Lady, whose indomitable daring would be stayed by neither snarling lion nor crouching leopard, tropic tempest nor savage tribesman!” Heroes to millions, Osa and Martin seemed to embody glamor, daring, and the all-American ideal of self-reliance.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProbing beneath the glamor of the Johnsons’ public image, Pascal and Eleanor Imperato explore the more human side of the couple’s lives--and ways the Johnsons shaped, for better and for worse, America’s vision of Africa. Drawing on many years of research, access to a wealth of letters and archives, interviews with many who worked closely with the Johnsons, and their own deep knowledge of Africa, the authors present a fascinating and intimate portrait of this intrepid couple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Growing Up in Kansas\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 2. The Urge to Wander\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 3. Apprentice to Adventure\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 4. Vaudeville\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 5. Sailing the Solomons\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 6. Return to Melanesia\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 7. Jungle Adventures\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 8. Semper Aliquid Novi\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 9. Men of High Purpose\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 10. Bwana Piccer and Memsahib Kidogo\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 11. With Lions and Boy Scouts on the Serengeti\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 12. Gentle Giants and Forest People \u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 13. Africa from the Air\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 14. Return to the Rain Forest \u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 15. 1937\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 16. Glamourous Osa\u003cbr\u003e ​Chapter 17. Final Years\u003cbr\u003e ​Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Filmography\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559278014744,"sku":"9780813526959","price":26.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/they-married-adventure-the-wandering-lives-of-martin-and-osa-johnson-paperback-softback-9780813526959","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}