Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea

About this eBook

Author

Brayman, James O., 1815-1887

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Adventure and adventurers

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10765

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10765

Release Date

January 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.LAND AND SEA — BEING — REMARKABLE HISTORICAL FACTS, GATHERED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES. — EDITED BY
3. 3.JAMES O. BRAYMAN.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS. — THRILLING ADVENTURES — BY — LAND AND SEA.
7. 7.INCIDENT AT RESACA DE LA PALMA.
8. 8.TRUE HEROISM.
9. 9.A THRILLING INCIDENT.
10. 10.AN INCIDENT — IN THE WAR OF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE.
11. 11.A SKETCH — FROM "LIFE ON THE OCEAN."
12. 12.ESCAPE FROM SHIPWRECK. — FROM "LIFE ON THE OCEAN."
13. 13.THE HUNTER'S WIFE.
14. 14.DEAF SMITH, — THE CELEBRATED TEXAN SPY.
15. 15.ESCAPE FROM A SHARK.
16. 16.ADVENTURE WITH PIRATES. — FROM "FORTUNE'S ADVENTURES IN CHINA."
17. 17.A SEA FOWLING ADVENTURE.
18. 18.ADVENTURE WITH A COBRA DI CAPELLO
19. 19.COMBAT OF WILD ANIMALS.
20. 20.PERILOUS INCIDENT — ON A CANADIAN RIVER.
21. 21.A WHALE CHASE.
22. 22.LEOPARD HUNTING. — AND ADVENTURES WITH BUFFALOES AND LIONS.
23. 23.HUNTING THE WHITE RHINOCEROS, — LION, BUFFALO, AND GIRAFFE.
24. 24.A LEOPARD HUNT.
25. 25.LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.
26. 26.A STORM AMONG THE ICEBERGS.
27. 27.FALL OF THE ROSSBERG.
28. 28.THE RIFLEMAN OF CHIPPEWA.
29. 29.SHIPWRECK OF THE BLENDENHALL.
30. 30.ADVENTURES OF SERGEANT CHAMPE — IN HIS ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE ARNOLD.
31. 31.ADVENTURE WITH PIRATES.
32. 32.KENTON THE SPY.
33. 33.THE DYING VOLUNTEER, — AN INCIDENT OF MOLINO DEL REY.
34. 34.ESCAPE FROM A MEXICAN QUICKSAND — BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID.
35. 35.CHASED BY A RHINOCEROS.
36. 36.BURNING OF THE ERIE.
37. 37.CONFLICT WITH AN INDIAN.
38. 38.FIRE ON THE PRAIRIES.
39. 39.THE CAPTAIN'S STORY.
40. 40.A TUSSLE WITH A WILDCAT.
41. 41.AN INCIDENT IN FRONTIER LIFE
42. 42.FEMALE INTREPIDITY.
43. 43.FEARFUL ENCOUNTER WITH ROBBERS.
44. 44.SHIPWRECK OF THE MONTICELLO.
45. 45.A JUNGLE RECOLLECTION.
46. 46.ATTACK OF BOONSBOROUGH.
47. 47.THRILLING INCIDENTS OF BATTLE.
48. 48.A FAMILY ATTACKED BY INDIANS.
49. 49.THRILLING INCIDENT.
50. 50.ADVENTURES — OF REV. DR. BACON AND HIS PARTY, AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF PERSIA.
51. 51.A BATTLE WITH SNAKES.
52. 52.ESTILL'S DEFEAT.
53. 53.INCIDENT AT NIAGARA FALLS.
54. 54.A SKATER CHASED BY A WOLF.
55. 55.OUR FLAG ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
56. 56.RUNNING THE CANON.
57. 57.THE RESCUE.
58. 58.SHIPWRECK OF THE MEDUSA.
59. 59.HUNTING THE MOOSE.
60. 60.PERILOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
61. 61.FIRE IN THE FOREST.
62. 62.PIRATES OF THE RED SEA.
63. 63.GEN. JACKSON AND WEATHERFORD.
64. 64.CRUISE OF THE SALDANHA AND TALBOT.
65. 65.A CARIB'S REVENGE.
66. 66.MASSACRE OF FORT MIMMS.
67. 67.THE FRESHET.
68. 68.THE PANTHER'S DEN.
69. 69.ADVENTURE WITH ELEPHANTS.
70. 70.THE SHARK SENTINEL.
71. 71.HUNTING THE TIGER.
72. 72.INDIAN DEVIL.
73. 73.BEAR FIGHT.
74. 74.THE MINERS OF BOIS-MONZIL.
75. 75.SHIP TOWED TO LAND BY BULLOCKS.
76. 76.DESTRUCTION OF A SHIP BY A WHALE.
77. 77.BURNING OF THE KENT.

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