Willard Price Books in Order

An early nonfiction pamphlet about China in a period of upheaval and change. Price writes as a reporter and observer, trying to explain what the revolution meant on the ground and for missionary work.

A brief 1925 survey of Black life across the world, shaped by Price's travels and wide reading. It is a historical document now, and its language and framing belong to its era.

Price looks at traditional societies in South America and Asia as industry and modern labor reshape daily life. It is part travel writing, part social observation about communities under pressure to change.

A travel report on Micronesia under Japanese rule, with Price focusing on island life, local cultures, and the region's growing strategic importance. It carries the curiosity and tension of prewar Pacific reporting.

Price's adult travel narrative through Japan's equatorial empire explores Micronesia, remote islands, and growing Japanese power in the Pacific. Adventure on the surface, it also reads as a warning about strategy and empire.

A prewar look at Japan's expansion and international ambitions, written by a reporter who had spent years studying the country. Price tries to explain where Japan seemed to be heading and why it mattered.

A portrait of Japan in the late 1930s, mixing travel writing with commentary on a country changing quickly. Price focuses on new energy, new pressures, and a nation looking outward with confidence.

Price asks where Japan's politics and society are headed on the eve of war. It is a reporter's attempt to read the direction of a country moving fast and unsettling its neighbors.

Written during World War II, this book looks at Japan's wartime course and the dangers built into its expansion. Price writes with urgency and the eye of a longtime watcher of the country.

Price examines Micronesia under Japanese control, mixing travel reporting with close attention to geography and strategy. The remote islands feel exotic, but the book also stresses why they mattered politically and militarily.

A book about Japan's history, culture, and emperor-centered political world near the end of the war. Price tries to explain the beliefs and structures behind modern Japan's choices.

A study centered on the Japanese emperor and the traditions surrounding him. Price uses that figure to open up the country's history, symbolism, and political culture for general readers.

A postwar interpretive guide to Japan's society, history, and national habits. Price sets out to give general readers a practical way into understanding a country many Western visitors found hard to read.

A long journey through Latin America from the Rio Grande to Patagonia. Price mixes landscapes, local encounters, and on-the-road reporting into a broad, lively picture of the region.

Hal and Roger Hunt head into the Amazon with their father to collect wild animals along an uncharted river. Anonymous threats, hostile enemies, and the dangers of the jungle turn the expedition into a fight to stay alive.

Price's first autobiography tells how curiosity turned into a life spent crossing continents. He writes about reporting, expeditions, and the constant urge to keep moving.

A travel book about Japan after MacArthur, built around movement by small craft and close observation. Price looks at everyday life, recovery, and the country taking shape after occupation.

Hal and Roger sail into the South Seas on a specimen-collecting trip that hides a secret mission in Pearl Lagoon. Strange islands, deep water, and suspicious fellow travelers make trust as risky as the sea itself.

A nonfiction tour of the Amazon's history, peoples, wildlife, and modern development. Price blends travel adventure with natural history and a wide-angle look at one of the world's great river systems.

Hal and Roger join an underwater expedition in the South Seas and end up chasing a long-lost treasure. Sharks, deep dives, and a ruthless rival make this one of their most dangerous sea adventures.

A South Pacific travel book that moves through Tahiti and neighboring islands with Price as guide. Expect scenery, local detail, and the mix of romance and reality that runs through his travel writing.

The Hunt brothers join volcanologist Dr. Dan Adams to study volatile Pacific volcanoes. What starts as scientific fieldwork quickly turns into a race through fire, ash, and eruption-level danger.

A wide-ranging journey through Britain by road, with Price mixing humor, local color, and travel notes. It is less a guidebook than a lively record of what he noticed along the way.

Hal and Roger sign on to a whaling ship expecting hard work and rare sightings at sea. An abusive captain, sharks, and shipwreck show how quickly the ocean can become deadly.

A travel portrait of Africa at a time of fast political and social change. Price mixes wildlife, landscapes, and close observation of countries moving toward a new era.

On safari in Africa, Hal and Roger track a man-eating leopard while the Leopard Society closes in on them. Their own guide may be leading them straight into a trap.

Price follows the Mississippi through history, landscape, and river life from source to delta. It is part travel narrative, part portrait of the people and places shaped by the river.

Searching Africa for a rare white elephant, Hal and Roger run into slavers, prophecy, and rough country. Their tracking mission soon becomes a fight to protect both people and animals.

A reflective travel book about the rivers Price had followed through different parts of the world. Geography, memory, and stories from earlier journeys all flow together here.

A sharp, critical account of American rule in Micronesia, which Price presents as neglected and badly managed. Travel writing and political argument come together in one of his angriest books.

In Tsavo, Hal and Roger team up with warden Mark Crosby to stop poachers and solve a string of killings. They are up against ruthless criminals in a park already under siege.

The Hunt brothers become bait for a man-eating lion threatening the people of Mtito Andei. But corrupt officials and human enemies may be even deadlier than the beast they are hunting.

Price travels through England, Scotland, and Wales with an outsider's amused eye. The book turns small encounters and regional details into a light, observant portrait of postwar Britain.

In the Congo, Hal and Roger search for mountain gorillas and uncover the cruel trade in captured babies. The jungle is dangerous enough, but poachers and false allies make the mission far worse.

A late-career travel book built from unusual routes, unexpected detours, and the pleasure of seeing familiar regions from odd angles. It reads like a veteran traveler still looking for surprises.

Hal and Roger head for Undersea City on another collecting trip beneath the waves. Sharks, killer whales, and a familiar enemy turn the dive into a trap.

Price examines postwar Japan's economic rise through history, culture, and social habits. He admires the scale of the change but also worries about what it may mean for the rest of the world.

In New Guinea, the brothers face crocodiles, snakes, and remote villages while an old enemy closes in. The book mixes jungle danger with a revenge story that keeps the pressure high.

In India and the Himalayas, Hal and Roger search for a rare white tiger. The hunt turns deadlier when disaster strikes and the brothers find themselves stalked in mountain country.

Hal and Roger travel to Greenland to capture animals for John Hunt's collection. Ice floes, predators, and a dangerous rogue make this one of their harshest and coldest adventures.

His later memoir revisits a childhood dream of exploration and the long career that followed. Price writes about expeditions, journalism, and some of the stranger turns his life took.