Cargo of coffins / L. Ron Hubbard.

By:

Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986

Contributor(s):

Anderson, Kevin J, 1962-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: eng Series: Hubbard, L. Ron Stories from the golden age ; Publication details: Hollywood, CA : Galaxy Press, c2008.Description: xi, 129 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:

9781592123520 (pbk)
159212352X (pbk)

Subject(s):

Adventurestories

LOC classification:

PS3515.U1417 .C36 2008

Subject: Two escaped convicts, Paco Corvino and Lars Marlin, face off in Hubbard's fast-paced high seas action yarn, first published in the November 1937 issue of Argosy. Some years after Corvino and Marlin independently broke out of French Guiana's Devil's Island, the men meet by chance in Rio de Janeiro, where the debonair Corvino works as the steward of the Valiant, a luxury yacht due to set sail. Corvino persuades the Valiant's captain to hire Marlin, who's an experienced skipper, as part of the crew, unaware that Marlin blames his hellish stint on Devil's Island on his fellow escapee. Itching to take Corvino out with his trusty .38, Marlin must bide his time as the equally dangerous Corvino fingers his knife. Contraband cargo (heroin) and the yacht owner's beautiful daughter add spice to this taut pulp melodrama.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	URL	Status	Barcode
Books	University of Kalba	PS3515.U1417 .C36 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available	00-1-215313

Pages 95-100 contain story preview of "Loot of the Shanung"

Pages 125-129 contain advertisements for other stories from the golden age.

Also includes a foreword by Kevin J. Anderson, a story preview: Stories from Pulp Fiction's Golden Age.

"Originally published in the November 1937 issue of Argosy"--P. 4 of cover.

Two escaped convicts, Paco Corvino and Lars Marlin, face off in Hubbard's fast-paced high seas action yarn, first published in the November 1937 issue of Argosy. Some years after Corvino and Marlin independently broke out of French Guiana's Devil's Island, the men meet by chance in Rio de Janeiro, where the debonair Corvino works as the steward of the Valiant, a luxury yacht due to set sail. Corvino persuades the Valiant's captain to hire Marlin, who's an experienced skipper, as part of the crew, unaware that Marlin blames his hellish stint on Devil's Island on his fellow escapee. Itching to take Corvino out with his trusty .38, Marlin must bide his time as the equally dangerous Corvino fingers his knife. Contraband cargo (heroin) and the yacht owner's beautiful daughter add spice to this taut pulp melodrama.

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