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Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea

Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea

James O. Brayman
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  • Provider: Librivox
  • Languages: 
    English
  • Genres: 
    History / General
  • Narrators: 
    David Wales
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There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of the nature of Romance, does not exercise the same influence upon the mind or heart. When there are noble purposes and noble ends connected with them, they excite in the mind of the reader, noble impulses. The object of the present compilation [1852] is to form a readable and instructive volume--a volume of startling incident and exciting adventure, which shall interest all minds, and by its attractions beget thirst for reading… - Book Preface

Chapters10h 24m

01
Preface
02:54
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02
Incident at Resaca de la Palma; True Heroism; Thrilling Incident; Incident in the War of Mexican Independence
27:33
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03
Sketch from Life on the Ocean
23:42
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04
Escape from Shipwreck; The Hunter's Wife
34:11
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05
Deaf Smith, the Texan Spy; Escape from a Shark; Adventure with Pirates
32:26
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06
A Sea-Fowling Adventure; Adventure with a Cobra di Capello; Combat of Wild Animals; Perilous Incident on a Canadian River; A Whale Chase
30:06
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07
Leopard Hunting And Adventures With Buffaloes And Lions; Hunting the White Rhinoceros, Lion, Buffalo, and Giraffe; A Leopard Hunt; Life in California
33:43
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08
A Storm among the Icebergs; Fall of the Rossberg; The Rifleman of Chippewa; Shipwreck of the Blendenhall
30:43
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09
Adventures of Sergeant Champe In His Attempt To Capture Arnold
27:57
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10
Adventures with Pirates; Kenton, the Spy
36:12
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11
The Dying Volunteer, An Incident Of Molino Del Rey; Escape from a Mexican Quicksand By Captain Mayne Reid
27:11
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12
Charged by a Rhinoceros; Burning of the Erie; Conflict with an Indian; Fire on the Prairies; The Captain's Story
37:52
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13
Tussle with a Wildcat; Incident in Frontier Life; Female Intrepidity; Encounter with Robbers; Shipwreck of the Monticello
31:38
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14
A Jungle Recollection; Attack of Boonesborough; Thrilling Incidents of Battle; Family Attacked by Indians
31:55
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15
Thrilling Incident; Adventures of Dr. Bacon
24:07
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16
A Battle with Snakes; Estill's Defeat; Incident at Niagara Falls; Skater chased by a Wolf; Our Flag on the Rocky Mountains; Running the Canon
31:47
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17
The Rescue; Shipwreck of the Medusa
30:15
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18
Hunting the Moose; Perilous Escape from Death; Fire in the Forest; Pirates of the Red Sea
30:44
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19
General Jackson and Weatherford; Cruise of the Saldanha and Talbot; A Carib's Revenge; Massacre of Fort Mimms; The Freshet
25:16
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20
The Panther's Den; Adventure with Elephants; The Shark Sentinel; Hunting the Tiger
28:16
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21
Indian Devil; Bear Fight; The Miners of Bois-Monzil
28:43
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22
Ship Towed to Land by Bullocks; Destruction of a Ship by a Whale; Burning of the Kent
16:23
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