| I Married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson (Kodansha Globe) | 
 enlarge | Author: Osa Johnson
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 299442
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 1568361289
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.922
EAN: 9781568361284
ASIN: 1568361289
Publication Date: November 29, 1999
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The Best Book I Have Ever Read. Period. June 18, 1999
My grandmother gave me this book 20 years ago and told me it was her very favorite book. I began reading it just to please her, but soon found out that it was ( and is) my favorite book also. I have recommended it so many times, but I only have one very old,worn out copy. I am so pleased to be able to find it at Amazon. This book is magical, and all the more beautiful because it is true. You will never forget this book once read. A note, I have recently found that there is a museum devoted to the Johnsons in Kansas. I can't wait to go......
One of the most exciting biographies I've ever read! December 21, 1998
I have read this book twice, once at age ten and again this year. It holds the attention like a riveting novel. The adventure(s) it describes seem like fiction, yet they are the stuff that kids dreams are made of. The difference is that these two people really lived them...couldn't put it down!
One of the best books I ever read December 4, 1997
There was a copy of this book in our family bookshelf as I was growing up. I read this book over and over, as did many of my siblings. This book grabs you on page one and rushes you forward through the most amazing adventures in the South Seas, then Africa. I buy every second hand copy of this book I find and gift it to one of my siblings, so we can pass it on to our children.
 Read this 20 years ago as a young adult, GREAT period Bio. February 26, 1997
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Thanks to Kodansha for republishing this book. I bought it second- or third-hand twenty years ago as a young adult, and lost it in a house fire two years later. Ive been scrounging used book stores for it ever since. This book has often been in my mind over the years as a story of a determined young woman who followed her own dreams and found, in her husband, a friend who shared her ideas. If you have an interest in history from the first quarter of this century, photography, airplanes, anthropology, wildlife, Africa, headhunters, or just enjoy love stories -- you will find this a fascinating read. I heartily recommend it as a book about the role women had in the exploration of the world early in this century. Amelia Earhart didnt go half the places Osa did: she just had better press. The path that an average, turn-of-the-century woman takes from the ribbons and ruffles of her little-girl days to the pith helmets, rogue elephants, and head hunters that filled her life as a young bride is astounding. I believe that even if Osa had never met Martin Johnson, we would still be reading about her accomplishments today. What happens to them in their travels around the world will hardly be believed by todays young readers. This was a time when there were still undocumented civilizations, fantastic unseen lands, and undiscovered creatures. Film cameras were turned by a hand crank at just so many revolutions per minute or the film was ruined. Precious film could be ruined by heat, fungus or moisture. Often, first-encounter footage was ruined due to spoiled developing chemicals, or was lost in the scramble to leave an island before the Johnson couple became the main course at the next party. This couple defined the travelogue" format in a time before talkies. They are the cinegraphic ancestors to Jacque Cousteau and to shows such as Omahas Wild Kingdom, National Geographic Specials, and Nature. Osa writes of a time in history that few of us today can imagine. Please, let her show you our world, as she saw it for the first time.
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