DYNAMITE STORIES & some interesting facts about explosives. A reprise of the classic work by Hudson Maxim who was on the cutting edge of new discoveries of explosives and tells the tales. Black powder was being replaced by nitro and smokeless powders. This is the perfect gift for the pyro who needs a break from traditional tutorial literature. Full size, 125 pages.

CONTENTS:

Some Interesting Facts About Explosives
The Forgotten Bit Of Fulminate
Hell Swazey Breaks Up The Dance
The Poet's Uplift
How Bender Lowered The Price Of Dynamite
Foolhardy Kruger
Lines To A Lady
He Separated
The Well-Digger's Casualties
The Rival Editors
"The Passing Of Jeopardy"
Discharging Pat
The Involuntary Attack
The Forgotten Precaution
The Fatal Hat
A Drop Too Much
A Close Call
A Pickaninny's Treasure Trove
Not To Be Buncoed
Sir Frederick's Bonfire
The Irreverent Native
At Folly's Mercy
The Watchman's Double Vision
The Zealous Fool
Some Lively Cotton Waste
Saving Time
Hoisted With His Own Petard
The Broken Scale
The Singular Good Fortune Of A Gentle Englishman
The Match At The Peep-Hole
The Flask Of Liquor
Impertinence Punished
Curiosity's Uplift
Proud Even Unto Death
The Dog That Ate Dynamite
Insecure Security
The Loaded Chinaman
Living Bombs
Ships That Passed In The Night
A Wild Projectile
The Bomb And The Train
The Drunken Messenger
Nitroglycerine By Automobile
Jets Of Blue
The Wisdom Of Retreat
The Race With Death
The Missing Vessel
The Indomitable Poet
Scattered
A Lively Dead One
Incidents In The Development Of Motorite
The Mule Gun
How Gussie Got Loaded
Dynamite's Freak
Explosive Vagaries
The Turkey That Went To Bed
Bill Bennett, Detective
Winning The Ox
A Duel To The Death
The Bewitched Flintlock
When He Shirked
The Elevation Of Womanhood
Didn't Know It Was Loaded
The Wrong Tap
"Whence All But Him Had Fled"
Breaking His Nerve
The Grizzly Cannon Ball
The Joke Was Not On The Chinamen
Chinese Fireworks
The Happening Of The Unexpected
When The Wash Vanished
The Frightened Fisherman
Brown, The Gunner
The Colonel Was Provoked
When The Darkies Turned Pale
The Dog That Was A Real Mascot
Weary Willie's Discomfiture
Lo, The Poor Indian!
A Day With Hudson Maxim

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