New Worlds to Conquer

368 pp. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2. Map illustrated endpapers, maps & photographs in text. A firsthand account of Halliburton's adventures during his travels around the globe, most of which were solo flights or trips by boat to exotic and hard-to-reach locations. CONTENTS: Prologue: The New World; The Conquest of Mexico; Popo and Papa; Popo's Surrender; The Well of Death; High-Diving; The Land Where the Corals Lie; The Filibusters; The S.S. Richard Halliburton; The Magic Stairs; Only Forty Miles to Go; Upon a Peak in Darien; El Mar del Sur; Inca Gold; How to Meet a President; And the President Said to Me; Lima Nights; The End of Pizarro; The Place Where the Sun is Tied; Virgin Ghosts; Alexander Selkirk's Empire; Monkey Business; My Traveling Circus; Farewell to Nino; Devil's Island; De Profundis; Convict Number 49,766; The Blockhaus; Les Iles du Salut; Liberte -- Egalite -- Fraternite; Poor Richard Crusoe; Crusoe's Island; O Solitude!; The Man Who Was Toosday.