The Valley of Adventure is a 1926 Australian novel by E. V. Timms.[1] In the novel, a father and his sons discover a map that takes them to a hidden valley.[2]
The novel was well received. Table Talk called it "quite a thrilling book of adventure with an Australian setting, which will appeal to boys especially."[3] The Bulletin wrote, "The boy who does not devour this veracious chronicle with a galloping appetite is no boy."[4]
Radio Adaptation and Sequel Cities Under the Sea
editIn 1937, The Valley of Adventure was adapted into a radio serial.[5] The production ranks among Timms' best remembered works for radio.[6]
There was a sequel Cities Under the Sea,[7] which was released in 1937. The radio serial was then adapted into a novel, which Timms published in 1948.[8]
References
edit- ^ "NEW BOOKS AND REPRINTS". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 000. Victoria, Australia. 24 September 1926. p. 16. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW PUBLICATIONS". Labor Call. Vol. XX, no. 1039. Victoria, Australia. 7 October 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BOOKS and WRITERS". Table Talk. No. 3049. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1926. p. 52. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A Satchel of Books", The Bulletin, 47 (2435 (14 Oct 1926)), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, nla.obj-633537754, retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "BROADCASTING HEADPHONES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 952. New South Wales, Australia. 17 March 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Leading Author Was McKee's Hill Farmer". Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. 23 November 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The lities under the Sea", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 30 (18 (October 29, 1937)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718901805, retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "NEW BOOKS". The Forbes Advocate. Vol. 38, no. 37. New South Wales, Australia. 10 May 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
edit- The Cities Under the Sea at AustLit
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