Braving the Elements: The 1967 Childcraft Annual

296 Pages·1967·28.893 MB·English

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BRAVING
THE
ELEMENTS
The 1967 CHILDCRAFT Annual
A Fiction-Fact Supplementto
CHILDCRAFT-THE HOW AND WHY LIBRARY
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Contents
APART FROM CIVILIZATION 6
From Up Above by Maia Rodman 8
....
The Turning Point by Howard I. Levine 14
Fact Section 22
FIRE! 26
...
David and the Wolfby Katharine Howard 28
Whitey and The Prairie Fire by Glen Rounds 32
Fact Section 40
WATCHING THE WEATHER
46
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The Weather Bunions by Beth Kilreon 48
Fact Section 54
HUMANS AGAINST THE STORM
58
...
Trapped by the Storm by P. C. Degenhart 60
The Cyclone by L. Frank Baum 66
Fact Section 72
PEOPLE IN THE WINTER 78
Deer Patrol by Joe Ewing 80
Fact Section 84
HUMANS IN THE FAR NORTH 86
Yukon Trail by Willis Lindquist 88
...
Adventure on Ice by Wanda Neill Tolboom 96
Fact Section 104
HUMANS IN THE "JUNGLE" i08
The Battle with the Deep Jungle
by Frances F. Neilson no
Fact Section 118
CAUGHT IN A CURRENT 122
The Birchbark Canoe by Russell Gordon Carter 124
Crossing the Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder 132
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Fact Section 140
Contents, continued
HUMANS IN A FLOOD 146
Brave Kate Shelley by Louis Wolfe 143
When the Sea Came to Leiden
by Florence Laughlin 158
Fact Section 166
PEOPLE AT SEA
172
Gloucester Boy by Ruth Langland Holberg . . . 174
I Won't Give Up by A. D. Lewis 132
Fact Section 188
LINKING LAND AND SEA 194
Trouble at Sea by Mea Undei-wood 196
TheMountainThatJumpedby FlorenceLaughlin 202
Fact Section 208
BEATING THE WIND 212
The Ship That Belched Fire
by Dorothy Washburn 214
Let Me Help by Mildred Willard 222
Fact Section 228
OVER THE MOUNTAINS
232
The Greatest Battle by Marcella Rawe ..• .•.• 234
—And Error by lames Ramsey Ullman 240
Fact Section 252
HUMANS IN SPACE 256
The Samaritan by Richard Harper 258
Out There by A. R. Riefe 274
Fact Section 280
Illustration Acknowledgments 284
Index 285
BRAVING THE ELEMENTS
Once, longago,people thought the world andtheuniverse
were made of just four things: earth, water, fire, and air.
These four things were called the "elements," and people
believed that these four elements were the building blocks
from which everything is made. Today, we know thatevery-
—
thing in theuniverseismadeupofmorethan 100elements
chemical elements.
Water, for example, is not an element by itself, but is a
combination oftwo elements—oxygen and hydrogen.
Air is a mixture ofseven or eight elements.
Earth is made up of dozens and dozens of chemical
elements.
Fire is heat and light that comes from a combination of
certain elements.
So, the original four elements are not the building blocks
at all, but a combination of many building blocks—or
chemical elements.
But sometimes, we still use the word "elements" in the
same way that people used it long ago. When a doctor goes
out in a blinding snowstorm to save someone's life, we say
he's "braving the elements." Whenwe speak of"bravingthe
elements," we mean that someone is keepinghiscourageand
protecting his life in the face ofviolent storms, floods, forest
fires, extreme cold, extreme heat, mountains, jungle-like
rain forests, billowing seas—any danger that involves the
ancient elements—earth, water, fire, andair. That's what the
title of this Childcraft Annual means. It is a collection of
25 of the best stories about braving the elements, plus (and
this is unique) factual information about the "elements"
that are braved by the story heroes.
The facts give meaning and depth to the fiction; the fiction
enriches and warms the facts. Here are excitement, ad-
venture, history, and science. But, above all, here are many
hours of pleasure and learning combined. We hope you
enjoy Braving the Elements.
The Editors
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