Classic Adventure Stories; Twenty-one tales of people pushed to the limit.

by Edited by Stephen Brennan

• ISBN13: 9781592281824
• ISBN10: 1592281826
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Thrill and excitement permeate every page of this compilation as tales of daring, courage, and fate unfold. Every tale in this book is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Author Biography

STEPHEN VINCENT BRENNAN has worked as a circus clown, book editor, teacher, cabaret artist, actor, sheepherder, and playwright. He is now an actor and director with the Theater Wing of the Kaufman Center in New York City, where he lives with his wife, his daughter, and his son.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Jonah	p. 1
Book XII of The Odyssey	p. 9
Shipwreck	p. 27
Ice Again	p. 35
The First Lowering	p. 53
The Pirate Crew Set Sail	p. 71
In Which a Conversation Takes Place Which Seems Likely to Cost Phileas Fogg Dear	p. 83
Among the Crocodiles	p. 93
Wild-Fowling Adventures	p. 107
How the Brigadier Slew the Fox	p. 123
Hunting Musk-Oxen Near the Pole	p. 145
Youth	p. 155
The Strange Days That Came to Jimmie Friday	p. 207
Lion-Hunting	p. 225
The Forcing of the Trap	p. 245
The Venturers	p. 273
In a Cuban Cave	p. 293
Dutch Courage	p. 299
A War Correspondent's Kit	p. 315
The Road Home	p. 337
Leiningen Versus the Ants	p. 343
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