Adventure

Originally published in 1937 as “The Anointed”, this was republished in 1946 as “Adventure” as a movie tie-in to the Gable/Garson motion picture based on the original novel. From George Stevens, The Saturday Review, 7/31/1937 Those about to read "The Anointed" have much to look forward to in the career of Harry Patterson, who runs away to sea, gets in a jam with the Mexican police, is shipwrecked in the Caribbean, performs a feat in the Bay of Biscay which the Breton sailors take for a miracle, goes through some more adventures, and winds up in San Francisco, where he meets . . . But that's enough. Let Harry tell it to you. Harry is a picturesque citizen, with roots in America and the equator. After a lucky escape from danger, he decides, without conscious egotism, that he must have been put on earth to find out what it's all about.