Travel, War, and ShipwreckAlso published in the "Boy's Own Favourite Series", this is a nineteenth-century adventure story for boys, based on the author's own experiences as a world traveller. It includes gripping scenes such as an account of crossing the Santa Fe Trail and fights with "Red Skins" in America. The first-person narrative purports to be by the son of a naval lieutenant. |
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... FIGHT WITH THE CAMANCHES , 115 CHAPTER XIII . INDIANS IN CAMP , 139 CHAPTER XIV . SANTA FE AT LAST 149 CHAPTER XV . PHILIP UPTON'S STORY , 162 CHAPTER XVI . A VOYAGE IN THE HULDA SWICH , 182 • CHAPTER XVII . HOME AGAIN ! 251 CHAPTER ...
... FIGHT WITH THE CAMANCHES , 115 CHAPTER XIII . INDIANS IN CAMP , 139 CHAPTER XIV . SANTA FE AT LAST 149 CHAPTER XV . PHILIP UPTON'S STORY , 162 CHAPTER XVI . A VOYAGE IN THE HULDA SWICH , 182 • CHAPTER XVII . HOME AGAIN ! 251 CHAPTER ...
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... fight ever an eye looked on . There never was a fairer , never a prettier ; for , you see , we were just about man to man , and -well - bless , those Yankees , they can fight , they can ! " And the old Captain emphatically approved with ...
... fight ever an eye looked on . There never was a fairer , never a prettier ; for , you see , we were just about man to man , and -well - bless , those Yankees , they can fight , they can ! " And the old Captain emphatically approved with ...
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... fight lasted , before we drove the sons of sea cooks below the hatches , and we should not have done it then , but for our having taken them by surprise . We had two , and they had four , killed , with a heavy bill of wounded on both ...
... fight lasted , before we drove the sons of sea cooks below the hatches , and we should not have done it then , but for our having taken them by surprise . We had two , and they had four , killed , with a heavy bill of wounded on both ...
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... entered our room to see that all was right for the night . I asked the cause of the tur- moil . " Mr Sweeney , " he said , " had had a rough and tum- ble - fight with Jacque Crider , and had got CHAPTER VIII ACROSS THE PRAIRIE,
... entered our room to see that all was right for the night . I asked the cause of the tur- moil . " Mr Sweeney , " he said , " had had a rough and tum- ble - fight with Jacque Crider , and had got CHAPTER VIII ACROSS THE PRAIRIE,
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... fight , and found Mr Crider willing to accommodate him . On the morrow , at a very early hour , the train started . Sweeney was not to be found , he had absconded tem- porarily till we left town ; I cannot say that his absence grieved ...
... fight , and found Mr Crider willing to accommodate him . On the morrow , at a very early hour , the train started . Sweeney was not to be found , he had absconded tem- porarily till we left town ; I cannot say that his absence grieved ...
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