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The Ranger
Edward Sylvester Ellis
A single nighttime raid destroys a family estate on the frontier, sparking a desperate, multi-pronged chase across the Ohio wilderness to rescue two captives from their Shawnee captors.
The Rose of Paradise: Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel
Howard Pyle
A honest sea captain loses his ship to bloody pirates, recovers an empty jewel box, and must risk his life and honor to track down a fabulous missing ruby.
The Spoilers
Rex Beach
A lawless Alaskan gold rush, a stolen mine, and a man torn between revenge and a young woman’s idea of honor.
A Prince of Cornwall: A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex
Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
A Saxon foster son and a displaced British prince navigate shifting alliances along the wild Somerset border. Bound by duty to King Ina, their shared loyalty shapes the frontier.
A Taxicab Tangle
Unknown
A fast-paced turn-of-the-century dime novel about two resourceful youths outsmarting a syndicate of New York swindlers.
Adventures in Africa: By an African Trader
William Henry Giles Kingston
A young English schoolboy joins his uncle's trading trek across the Kalahari, where tsetse flies, charging lions, and desert thirst turn an ordinary commercial venture into a fight for survival.
Boy Scouts in the Philippines
G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
Courage, woodcraft, and keen observation face off against an international conspiracy in the tropical wilds of the Pacific.
Defending the Island: A story of Bar Harbor in 1758
James Otis
A frontier settlement transforms into a desperate fortress when children must defend their coastal homestead against an impending assault.
Double Take
Richard Wilson
An ordinary drive becomes a high-speed nightmare of hidden plans, disguises, and space travel—until the boundaries between story, cinema, and reality collapse.
Fombombo
T. S. (Thomas Sigismund) Stribling
A brash American salesman walks straight into a Venezuelan revolution with an ironclad faith in commerce and leaves with his certainties completely undone.
Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
A late-nineteenth-century weekly magazine offers a captivating snapshot of American childhood, balancing serialized fiction with nature studies, historical adventures, and energetic reader exchanges.
In Secret
Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
A secret route through the Swiss Alps, a code hidden in a yellow envelope, and two agents racing to dismantle a hidden German stronghold before their own past catches up with them.
Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
Surviving an Arctic realm of crumbling ice floes and watchful hunters requires speed, sharp senses, and a bit of luck.
On the Firing Line
Anna Chapin Ray
A young American seeking purpose in the Boer War finds himself tested by raw violence, sudden grief, and a proud South African woman whose reserve hides a profound, unspoken devotion.
On the Yukon Trail: Radio-Phone Boys Series, #2
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
A radio-trained Secret Service youth tracks an elusive broadcasting outlaw across the icy Alaskan wilderness, battling blizzards, starving wolf packs, and hungry bears to protect a stranded Arctic expedition.
On Your Mark! A Story of College Life and Athletics
Ralph Henry Barbour
An energetic, straightforward tale of early twentieth-century American campus life, capturing the spirited camaraderie and athletic rivalries of college freshmen.
Pirates and Piracy
Oscar Herrmann
A historical survey stripping away romantic folklore, this text examines the brutal realities of high-seas robbery, tracing maritime lawlessness from antiquity to its modern decay.
The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair
James Otis
An ambitious farm boy sets out to clear his widowed mother's mortgage by operating a fairground game, only to wind up framed for burglary and pursued by local lawmen.
The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
Laura Lee Hope
Winter brings a whirlwind of ice-boating, runaway sleds, and frozen mysteries for four spirited siblings sharing a rural retreat.
The Boy Aviators with the Air Raiders: A Story of the Great World War
John Henry Goldfrap
A high-flying juvenile adventure captures the early, chaotic months of the First World War through the eyes of daring young American inventors.
The Cricket's Friends: Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan
Virginia W. (Virginia Wales) Johnson
On a drafty hearth, domestic utensils and curious insects gather to swap wide-ranging tales of adventure, enchantment, and moral instruction.
The hermit hunter of the wilds
Gordon Stables
A boy leaves his Scottish home for a life at sea, braving mutiny, wild jungles, and shipwreck on a remote island before uncovering the fate of a lost friend.
The Ivory Trail
Talbot Mundy
A hunt for hidden treasure across East Africa sets four adventurers against German officers, ruthless rivals, and a unforgiving wilderness.
The land of hidden men
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lost in the Cambodian jungle, a modern man steps through the green veil of the forest to find that the ancient Khmers never perished, but still wage their ancient, brutal dynastic wars.
The Log of a Privateersman
Harry Collingwood
Every stroke of luck on the high seas demands its price in blood, fire, and cold calculation.
The Quest of the 'Golden Hope': A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure
Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
A seventeenth-century escape from the aftermath of Sedgemoor leads a young Hampshire runaway into a high-seas search for buried Spanish gold.
The Rival Campers Ashore
Ruel Perley Smith
A group of summer campers and local Maine youths become entangled in a land dispute, a long-hidden family exchange, and the dark secrets of a dilapidated local mill.
The Second String
Nat Gould
He left England as a failure, but out on the Australian coast he finds the grit to win back his life, his fortune, and his love.
The Young Engineers in Colorado
H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
A high-altitude test of grit and professional pride in the Rocky Mountains.
Trapped by Malays: A Tale of Bayonet and Kris
George Manville Fenn
The lush, dangerous jungles of the Malay Peninsula provide the backdrop for this tale of two young soldiers caught behind enemy lines. It is a brisk, action-oriented adventure that balances the grit of a survival story with the camaraderie of a colonial military outpost.
Two Gallant Sons of Devon: A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess
Harry Collingwood
A storm off the Devon coast hurls two boyish friends into the wide world, launching an Elizabethan odyssey of captive voyages, Indian rituals, and hidden Inca gold.
Dick Hamilton's Fortune
Howard Roger Garis
A high-spirited teenage heir must double a portion of his inheritance in twelve months—without losing his head or his heart to swindlers, tightfisted relatives, and terrible business ideas.
From Jungle to Java: The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India
Arthur Louis Keyser
An exhausted British colonial official leaves his isolated post in the Malay Peninsula for a brief excursion across 1890s Java, trading jungle solitude for Dutch colonial society, scenic volcanoes, and native village life.
Kid Wolf of Texas: A Western Story
Paul S. (Paul Sylvester) Powers
A roving gunfighter rides a white stallion through the lawless borderlands, meeting every violent ambush with cold precision, lightning draws, and quiet Southern courtesy.
The blind lion of the Congo
Elliott Whitney
A sick boy seeking health on a quick hunting trip is dragged into an ancient African mystery involving a legendary blind lion and a temple built of solid ivory.
The Blue Envelope
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
Bound by duty and an enigmatic promise, two resourceful young women navigate treacherous Bering Strait ice-floes to protect a coded letter and survive an Arctic winter.
The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair
Laura Lee Hope
When a summer Sunday school picnic goes awry, four young siblings find themselves swept into a series of small disasters and unexpected mysteries that eventually carry them all the way to the county fair.
The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron
Robert Shaler
A cold Thanksgiving hike into the woods turns into an unexpected military mystery for a pair of ambitious Boy Scouts.
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer
Charles Lever
A young Irish officer blunder-steps his way through garrisons, duels, and high-society drawing rooms, finding that his own quick tongue is his single greatest liability.
The Curlytops Snowed In
Howard Roger Garis
When an early snowfall settles over the neighborhood, two energetic siblings turn the winter landscape into a series of playful outdoor adventures.
The Girl Scouts at Bellaire
Lilian Garis
A summer of mountain air, a hidden child, and a stolen orchid bring three lively friends into a mystery they are determined to solve.
The Hunters of the Hills
Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Two young wilderness couriers and a wise hunter race against French intrigue to hold the allegiance of the powerful Six Nations as a continent-spanning war erupts.
The Italian Twins
Lucy Fitch Perkins
Lost in the holiday crowds of Easter Saturday Florence, two wealthy children are taken by a traveling performer and thrust into a world of forced street dancing, high-road escape, and desperate wanderings.
The King's Sons
George Manville Fenn
The young princes of Wessex would far rather play at broadswords than sit with a book, but their plump tutor knows that a true ruler needs more than a sharp blade.
The Lady of the Ice: A Novel
James De Mille
A young British officer in garrisoned Quebec finds himself plunged into a tangle of mistaken identities, icy rescues, and frantic romantic scrapes.
The Passing of Ku Sui
Anthony Gilmore
Beneath the airless void of space, a centuries-old feud reaches its violent climax in a clash between two legendary figures of the solar system.
The Peril Finders
George Manville Fenn
Gold in the mountains, ancient rock-hewn cities, and a perilous passage through the American wilderness call three fruit-growers and their sons away from their failing orchards.
The Ranch Girls in Europe
Margaret Vandercook
Four young women raised on a Montana ranch take a whirlwind tour of Europe, navigating high-society balls, ancient ruins, and complicated romantic attachments.