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249 public-domain adventure books, summarised. Page 6 of 6.
The Land of the Long Night
Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
A journey across frozen tundras reveals the raw power of the Far North, where survival depends on human warmth, indigenous wisdom, and sheer endurance.
The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters
Edward Sylvester Ellis
Along the foggy waterways of coastal Maine, three young friends and a clever detective pursue a gang of dangerous boat-borne burglars across calm inlets and hidden island hideouts.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book
Édouard Laboulaye
This lively nineteenth-century collection uses playful satire, colorful enchantments, and sharp humor to rewrite traditional fairy tales for readers who love clever heroines and ridiculous kings.
The Dude Wrangler
Caroline Lockhart
A soft-spoken Eastern gentleman trading velvet rugs for Wyoming dirt finds that overcoming the West—and his own meek reputation—takes far more grit than he ever bargained for.
The Sign of the Spider
Bertram Mitford
Desperate for money and suffocated by a souring marriage, an English trader abandons respectable poverty for South Africa, only to discover that the fastest way out of financial ruin is a ruthless march into the uncharted interior.
Frank Merriwell's Son
Burt L. Standish
A father’s legacy casts a long shadow over a bustling New England estate, where old college bonds, sports field rivalries, and sudden domestic perils test a legendary hero's inner circle.
Free Air
Sinclair Lewis
A young Brooklyn woman flees eastern conventions behind the wheel of a sixty-horsepower roadster, discovering that the muddy trails of the American West demand far more grit than her polite upbringing ever prepared her to give.
Adventures in Many Lands
Various
A frost-bitten trek through a dark canyon, a sudden spring from a wounded predator, and a desperate pursuit across a moonlit cornfield set the tone for this thrilling collection of global escapades.
The Boy Crusaders: A Story of the Days of Louis IX
John G. (John George) Edgar
Bound by a boyhood oath, two English squires follow a saintly French king into the Egyptian desert, where high medieval chivalry dissolves in the blood, sand, and captivity of a doomed Crusade.