The Valley of Adventure (Timms novel)

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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]

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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

In 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]

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References

  1. "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.
  2. "NEW PUBLICATIONS". Labor Call . Vol. XX, no. 1039. Victoria, Australia. 7 October 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 10 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "BOOKS and WRITERS". Table Talk . No. 3049. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1926. p. 52. Retrieved 10 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "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
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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
  8. "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.