When one thinks of the classic adventure-story authors of the pulp fictionera, H. Rider Haggard, Talbot Mundy and Rafael Sabatini may come first to mind.But Arthur O. Friel's stellar contributions -- particularly his storiesfeaturing Lourenco and Pedro, two workers on a rubber-tree plantation in theAmazon Jungle. Their adventures in the Amazon's mysterious back-countrycertainly deserve honorable mention. Here are tales of peril and last-minuterescue,...