Frederick Pillows
Description: Inspired by the success of Hugo Gernsback's Amazing Stories, Clayton Publishing Co. released, in January of 1930, the first issue of Astounding Stories. Early issues lacked much of Gernsback's attention to the scientific and extrapolative possibilities of the SF genre, and instead featured many instances of stock, pulp adventure yarns simply transplanted into exotic or alien environments. While possibly a travesty in the eyes of SF purists, it attracted many SF fans and general pulp readers, and aided Astounding's first three years of survival, until its cancellation during the height of the Great Depression in March of 1933.
Description: A stack of six books with their spines visible. The books feature various colors including brown, red, and blue. Text is present on four of the spines: "DREAM LIKE MARTIN", "MACK BLACK", "COLUATNCT BLACK", and "SPEAK LIKE FREDERICK". Each book has visible page edges and subtle shadowing.
Description: Behind every great man is an even greater woman and that is ever present in the case of Captain Thunderbolt. Fred Ward's wife Mary Ann was a half-Aboriginal woman who assisted her outlaw husband with their young kids in tow. Dressed in men's clothing, she poached cattle and helped to throw police off the Ward's trail with her daring horse riding. Mary Ann Bugg was one of the only female bushrangers and one of the greatest figures in Australian history.
