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Round About a Great Estate

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Richard Jefferies


John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) wrote of country life, natural history, and agricultural practice at a time when the industrial revolutio…

In the Land of Cave and Cliff Dwellers

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Frederick Schwatka


An adventurer and explorer of no mean repute, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka leads an expedition by mule train into the forbidding Sierra Mad…

The Wreck of the Corsaire

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William Clark Russell


This book was published in 1897. When cabin passenger Mr. Catesby climbs into the rigging of the Ruby in search of cooler air, he is struck …

California Desert Trails

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Joseph Smeaton Chase


"I fell an easy prey to the beckonings of the other principal feature of California's topography, the dreamy, dreary desert. Long ago, …

The Lost Oases

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Ahmed Hassanein


This book was published in 1925. Oxford-educated Egyptian diplomat and geographic explorer, Hassanein Bey (Ahmad Muhammad Hassanayn), with t…

Peaks of Shala

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Rose Wilder Lane


This book was published in 1923. From the author's own Introduction: "I would not have this book considered too seriously. It is not an…

The Wild North Land, The Story of a Winter Journey with Dogs across Northern No…

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William Francis Butler


This book was published in 1910.Not only do Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun, but it seems that sometimes they venture into…

From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People

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Sven Hedin


This book was first published in 1912. It is a simplified English translation of the author's Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europ…

Three Gringos in Venezuela and Central America

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Richard Harding Davis


In the 1890's, three American adventurers in search of warmer weather explore Central and South American cities by steamship and on horsebac…

In the Wake of the Buccaneers

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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill


Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…

The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

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Joseph Jacobs


This book was first published in 1897. It's a short work, but it encompasses a vast subject—nothing less than determining the detailed geogr…

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In The Mystery of 31 New Inn

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R. Austin Freeman


Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, eq…

Chapter 11

In The Frozen Pirate

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W. Clark Russell and William Clark Russell


Sailing adventure with storms, icebergs, shipwrecks, treasure, and the reawakening of a pirate frozen in suspended animation for nearly fift…

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