"Jimgrim and the Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil" originally appeared in the February 20th, 1922 issue of Adventure magazine. This edition has been retypeset from the original magazine pages. "Mundy's forte wasn't simply good research; Mundy was a born storyteller. Besides his predilection for creating tall tales around his early life as a scoundrel, Mundy could create larger than life heroes. Unlike creations like Robert E. Howard's "Conan" or Edgar Rice Burroughs' "John Carter of Mars," Mundy's heroes, while courageous and plenty brawny when the situation required it, were capable of bluffing, playing one enemy versus another, and exploiting the character flaws of foes, and the fortes of his associates -- traits largely absent in other adventure heroes of the time. Also, like Mundy himself, his characters pondered the meaning of life, of destiny, a spiritual development that would mold their characters and set them apart from the typical pulp heroes. "In 'The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil, ' Jimgrim is sent to Hebron to defuse a situation where the Moslem population, led by a family of thieves, is intent on slaughtering the Jewish population. It takes all of Jimgrim's savvy to play off the different factions until help can arrive from Jerusalem. If I had one warning about the stories for today's readers it is that while Mundy could hardly be accused of racism, his characters' views do reflect 1920s attitudes about the ethnic/religious groups of the region." --Georges T. Dodds, SF Site
"In 'The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil, ' Jimgrim is sent to Hebron to defuse a situation where the Moslem population, led by a family of thieves, is intent on slaughtering the Jewish population.
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Another method of illustrating Mundy books was tried with The Eye of Zeitoon, but when it proved a commercial failure, Coll was brought back to illustrate another Yasmini novel, Guns of the Gods, in 1921. Coil's subsequent death from ...
ALSO BY E. HOFFMANN PRICE Satan's Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps BY TALBOT MUNDY Jimgrim & the Affair in Araby Jimgrim & the Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil Jimgrim & Allah's Peace Jimgrim & the Woman Ayisha Jimgrim & a Secret ...
The Talbot Mundy Megapack assembles 28 novels and short stories by the classic author of "King—Of the Khyber Rifles," including 12 entries in the Jimgrim series.
... DOME OF THE ROCK Adventure — 1921 — December 10 (Jimgrim and Allah's Peace — BOOK) THE "IBLIS" AT LUDD Adventure — 1922 — January 10 THE SEVENTEEN THIEVES OF EL-KALIL Adventure — 1922 — February 20 (The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil ...
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Bibliography of Adventure: Mundy, Burroughs, Rohmer, Haggard
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Talbot Mundy's life is far from being a dull literary biography. Accounts of his adventures are often a record of lordly lies. Born William Lancaster Gribbon, he was the stereotype...