Camp Venture

About this eBook

Author

Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911

Title

Camp Venture: A Story of the Virginia Mountains

Credits

E-text prepared by David Edwards, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Distilling, Illicit -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41919

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41919

Release Date

January 26, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Camp Venture — A STORY OF THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS
2. 2.By GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON — Illustrated by W. A. McCULLOUGH — Tom leaped upon the mountaineer's back.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.Camp Venture
5. 5.CHAPTER I — On the Mountain Side
6. 6.CHAPTER II — A Picket Shot
7. 7.CHAPTER III — The Doctor's Plans
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — A New Declaration of Independence
9. 9.CHAPTER V — The Building of a Cabin
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — After Supper
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — A "Painter" — Tom was lying at the foot of the tree.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — The Condition of the Moonshiners
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — A Sunday Discussion
14. 14.CHAPTER X — Beginning Work
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — An Armed Negotiation
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — A Midnight Alarm
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — A Night of Searching
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — Tom Gives an Account of Himself
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — Two Shots that Hit
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — The Doctor Explains
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — Christmas in Camp Venture
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — Parole
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — A Stress of Circumstances
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — In Perilous Plight
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — An Enemy to the Rescue
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — All Night Work
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — A Loan Negotiated
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV — In the High Mountains — He felt a hand pulling at his blanket.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — A Difficulty
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — The Doctor's Talk
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — Some Features of the Situation
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII — The Capture of Camp Venture — " Lie down; quick! "
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX — A Puzzling Situation
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX — A Point of Honor
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI — Corporal Jenkins's March
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII — The Lieutenant's Wrath
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII — A Homing Prospect
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV — In the Hands of the Enemy
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV — The End of Camp Venture
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI — A Start Down the Mountain
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII — Down the Mountain
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII — Old King Coal
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX — The Doctor Sings
44. 44.CHAPTER XL — Tom's Journey
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI — " His Majesty, the King "
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII — In the Service of the King
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII — The Camp Venture Mining Company
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV — Little Tom at the End of it All — BOOKS FOR BOYS — BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON

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