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Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea

by James O. BRAYMAN (1815 - 1887)

Adventures of Sergeant Champe In His Attempt To Capture Arnold

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

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Listen next episodes of Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea:
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 , A Jungle Recollection; Attack of Boonesborough; Thrilling Incidents of Battle; Family Attacked by Indians , Adventures with Pirates; Kenton, the Spy , Charged by a Rhinoceros; Burning of the Erie; Conflict with an Indian; Fire on the Prairies; The Captain's Story , General Jackson and Weatherford; Cruise of the Saldanha and Talbot; A Carib's Revenge; Massacre of Fort Mimms; The Freshet , Hunting the Moose; Perilous Escape from Death; Fire in the Forest; Pirates of the Red Sea , Indian Devil; Bear Fight; The Miners of Bois-Monzil , Ship Towed to Land by Bullocks; Destruction of a Ship by a Whale; Burning of the Kent , The Dying Volunteer, An Incident Of Molino Del Rey; Escape from a Mexican Quicksand By Captain Mayne Reid , The Panther's Den; Adventure with Elephants; The Shark Sentinel; Hunting the Tiger , The Rescue; Shipwreck of the Medusa , Thrilling Incident; Adventures of Dr. Bacon , Tussle with a Wildcat; Incident in Frontier Life; Female Intrepidity; Encounter with Robbers; Shipwreck of the Monticello