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Black Ivory A Tale of Adventure Among the Slavers of East Africa
An adventure story based on the history of the slave trade as practiced until the late nineteenth century. (Goodreads)
Post Haste
In this fun adventure in merry, old England, the reader is taken back to the beginning days of the General Post-Office, learning about the founding of the mail system. In the …
In the Track of the Troops
(Excerpt): "e;After becoming acquainted with gun-cotton, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, lithofracteur, and other combinations of powerfully-explosive agents, I took to searching …
Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade
(Excerpt): "e;Wet, worn and weary-with water squeaking in his boots, and a mixture of charcoal and water streaking his face to such an extent that, as a comrade asserted, his …
Chasing the Sun Or Rambles in Norway
Excerpt: "e;Fred Temple was a tall, handsome young fellow of about five-and-twenty. He had a romantic spirit, a quiet gentlemanly manner, a pleasant smile, and a passionate …
Jarwin and Cuffy
(Excerpt): "e;In all the wide expanse of ocean that surrounded that island, there was nothing visible save one small, solitary speck on the far-off horizon. It might have been …
Island Queen
Castaways in a sea of danger! Pauline, Otto, and Dominick were children cast into the wild South Sea's ocean. The brave Rigonda family of England, however, clung to life on their …
Freaks on the Fells or Three Month's Rustication and Why I Did Not Become A Sailor
Excerpt: "e;Mr John Sudberry was a successful London merchant. He was also a fat little man. Moreover, he was a sturdy little man, wore spectacles, and had a smooth bald head, …
Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America
Excerpt: "e;Towards the close of a bright and warm day, between fifty and sixty years ago, a solitary man might have been seen, mounted on a mule, wending his way slowly up …
Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables
A very interesting book about historical events, on the history of the laying and development of submarine telegraph cables, but it also has a very interesting plot with surprise …