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629 public-domain adventure books, summarised. Page 13 of 14.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch
Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
An energetic New England teenager gathers her five closest schoolmates for a summer on her family's Texas cattle ranch, where Eastern expectations meet wild western realities.
Across Unknown South America
Arnold Henry Savage Landor
A lone traveler sets out across the uncharted heart of South America, mapping rivers, measuring mountains, and surviving total disaster through pure stubbornness.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
A violent head injury strips an English lord of his civilized identity, plunging him back into the feral brute he once was while plunderers and beasts tear apart his African estate.
Voyage of H.M.S. 'Pandora'
Edward Edwards
A high-seas chase across the South Pacific ends in a catastrophic shipwreck, forcing both captors and captured mutineers into an agonizing open-boat voyage for survival.
The Son of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The son of the legendary jungle lord finds his own path in the wild, navigating a perilous world of desperate criminals and savage beasts to protect the girl who has become his entire world.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
Sven Anders Hedin
The world is vast, and the spirit of discovery is its greatest mapmaker. This collection of journeys traverses the globe to reveal the strange, the majestic, and the enduring heart of human civilization.
Greenmantle
John Buchan
A soldier-spy and his comrades must navigate the treacherous heart of the Ottoman Empire to thwart a fanatical conspiracy that threatens to ignite the East during the Great War.
'Gainst the might of Spain
Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Caught in the crossfire of the Anglo-Spanish wars, a young man battles both the brutality of the Inquisition and the legendary might of the Great Armada.
On the Edge of the Arctic
H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler
Two young aviators are hired by a mysterious oil prospector to navigate the treacherous, frozen Canadian wilderness in their custom-built monoplane.
Indian Tales
Rudyard Kipling
This collection of short stories captures the raw, sun-baked life of British soldiers and colonial subjects in India, where the boundary between duty and madness is as thin as the heat haze.
The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
Unknown
The imagination of youth finds its home in these pages, where the ordinary world is constantly eclipsed by the impossible, the humorous, and the deeply kind. It is a collection that prizes wonder above all else.
All Around the Moon
Jules Verne
Three intrepid explorers launch themselves toward the lunar surface inside a hollow aluminum shell, embarking on a pioneering voyage that defies the known limits of terrestrial science.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune
E. (Edith) Nesbit
Finding a fortune requires imagination, a shovel, and a willingness to be misunderstood by the grown-up world. This story follows six siblings who embark on a series of elaborate, often misguided, quests to restore their family’s lost wealth.
The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The lure of the horizon is a powerful siren, and for three stranded boys, that call leads to a lush, wild laboratory where they must master the elements or perish.
The Pathfinder
James Fenimore Cooper
A seasoned frontiersman finds his stoic, solitary life upended when he falls in love with the daughter of a soldier, forcing a choice between his wilderness devotion and the prospect of a domestic future.
Allan Quatermain
H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late—it does not matter when, in the end, it crushes us all.
The Windy Hill
Cornelia Meigs
The discovery of a mysterious neighbor and a forgotten family history turns an ordinary summer into a journey through the past. A young boy finds that the answers to his present troubles lie hidden in the stories of those who came before him.
The World's Greatest Books
Unknown
This collection serves as a sweeping survey of human exploration, charting the physical and intellectual frontiers that once defined the limits of the known world. It captures the curiosity, ambition, and varied encounters of travelers across centuries and continents.
Tales of Troy and Greece
Andrew Lang
The ancient myths of Greece remain vibrant, capturing the heroism, tragedy, and cunning of figures whose names still define the human condition. These tales offer an immersive window into a world where gods and mortals collide.
Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Trapped within a hollow world where the sun never sets, a man fights to build a civilization among prehistoric beasts and reptilian overlords.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 04
Robert Louis Stevenson
These tales explore the fine, fragile line between a gentleman’s honor and a scoundrel’s desperation. They capture the thrill of midnight encounters where life, death, and fortune are staked on a single, sudden whim.
The Metal Monster
Abraham Merritt
The boundaries of human knowledge shatter in the high mountains of Tibet, where a hidden civilization of sentient, metallic geometry threatens to reshape the world. This is a journey into an abyss where the inorganic learns to think, and the lightning itself obeys the command of a woman who is both human and…
Above the Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 1880
C. T. (Clinton Thomas) Dent
The high, cold silence of the Alps serves as the backdrop for these reflections, where the pursuit of summits reveals as much about human nature as it does about the mechanics of climbing.
The Enchanted Castle
E. (Edith) Nesbit
Magic is not always a grand, sweeping affair; sometimes it is a hidden, mischievous force waiting in the quiet corners of an old, neglected estate.
The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance
Eric Rücker Eddison
A saga of unyielding warriors and sorcerous kings, this tale unfolds across mythic landscapes in a struggle where pride and honor outweigh life itself.
Three in Norway, by Two of Them
J. A. (James Arthur) Lees
A lighthearted, self-deprecating chronicle of three British gentlemen navigating the rugged wilderness of the Norwegian interior, this account captures the comical frustrations and occasional triumphs of a Victorian sporting holiday. It remains a charming study of amateurism, endurance, and the enduring bond…
The Moon Pool
Abraham Merritt
The search for a missing scientist reveals a submerged civilization of eternal light, where a predatory, radiant entity consumes the souls of the living.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
A tapestry of Eastern storytelling, this collection weaves together the fantastic, the bawdy, and the scholarly to reflect the boundless imagination of a centuries-old oral tradition.
Youth, a Narrative
Joseph Conrad
The sea is a mirror for the passage of time, holding the wreckage of our past and the fleeting brilliance of our early ambitions. In this narrative, a veteran sailor recalls the impossible, doomed voyage that defined his own awakening.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
The legendary outlaw of Sherwood Forest lives again in these pages, captured not as a dusty historical figure but as a vibrant, laughing soul who finds joy in the greenwood. This is a journey into a world where honor is found in the company of thieves and justice is measured by the length of an oaken staff.
A Book of Discovery: The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge
This expansive chronicle traces the persistent human urge to traverse the unknown, documenting centuries of intrepid journeys across uncharted seas, frozen wastes, and mysterious continents.
The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3
Frederick Whymper
Blood, salt, and polar ice write the dark ledger of human ambition across four centuries of ocean travel.
Astounding Stories, March, 1931
Various
A brave adventurer battles ancient savages beneath a collapsing mountain to save a time-lost princess.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
A desperate queen stalls her execution by spinning intricate, endless stories, binding her tyrannical husband through sheer narrative suspense until mercy displaces his cruelty.
Round the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
A precision-driven English gentleman wagers his entire fortune that he can encircle the globe in eighty days, embarking on a breathless race against time across oceans, continents, and unforeseen obstacles.
The Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of a Great Highway
Henry Inman
A dust-choked continental artery, carved by patient oxen and stubborn men, transforms an untamed wilderness into a bustling modern nation.
Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers
David Cory
In a world of talking woodland creatures, a young rabbit and two squirrel brothers navigate small forest crises with innocence and cheerful charm. David Cory's early-twentieth-century tale captures the quiet rhythms and mild perils of a classic bed-time world.
The Tale of Mr. Tod
Beatrix Potter
A stolen litter of newborn rabbits, a locked cottage on a hill, and two deeply unpleasant predators setting traps for one another form the spine of this surprisingly sharp, suspenseful countryside drama.
Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
A courageous bride rides into battle in a Mameluke’s disguise to save her husband and his besieged realm.
Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena
J. A. (John Augustine) Zahm
Crossing an entire continent along its wildest waterways turns out to be less an act of conquest than a long lesson in humility.
A boy's voyage round the world
Samuel Smiles
A frail sixteen-year-old clerk leaves Victorian England on a globe-encircling journey, trading a desk in Yorkshire for two years of ocean gales, Australian goldfields, tropical precipices, and snowbound American railways to fight for his life.
Michael Strogoff
Jules Verne
A lone Russian courier crosses thousands of miles of hostile wilderness to deliver a crucial warning before a traitorous invasion destroys the Siberian capital.
Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
A sovereign tests a condemned youth with bedtime stories, while a court of wazirs fights for the prisoner's execution.
The Boy Scouts Book of Stories
Unknown
An anthology of classic tales captures the thrill of high-seas adventure, eerie spectral encounters, and western humor tailored for young, inquisitive minds.
The Swiss Family Robinson: A Translation from the Original German
Johann David Wyss
A father’s steady ingenuity transforms a terrifying shipwreck into an exuberant, decades-long masterclass in self-reliance and discovery.
The Talisman
Walter Scott
In the sun-scorched sands of the Third Crusade, a lonely Scottish knight and a courtly Saracen trade blows before sharing a spring, setting in motion a tale of high chivalry, treacherous alliances, and royal feuds.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
A young English boy wanders into a world of talking animals, floating islands, and high-seas adventure when he becomes assistant to a gentle country doctor who prefers the company of beasts to men.
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures
J. H. (John Henry) Patterson
A predatory terror halts the construction of the Uganda Railway until an engineer steps up to hunt the beasts down.