Adventure

Priscilla's Spies

George A. Birmingham

The novel opens with a triumphal school‑yard celebration, where Frank Mannix, a prefect at Haileybury, is…

Frank Merriwell's Pursuit; Or, How to Win

Burt L. Standish

Frank Merriwell’s Pursuit is a fast‑moving juvenile adventure that thrusts its heroes into a night‑time trek…

As Minas de Salomão

H. Rider Haggard

O livro apresenta‑se como um relato de aventura ambientado na África, narrado por Allão Quartelmar, um…

Frank Merriwell's Son; Or, A Chip Off the Old Block

Burt L. Standish

Frank Merriwell’s Son is an adventure tale that begins amid the bustling activity of western mines, where…

Oh, You Tex!

William MacLeod Raine

The work is a Western adventure that opens with a vivid, almost cinematic tableau of the high‑desert…

The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton

Wardon Allan Curtis

The work is a comic series of loosely linked episodes that follow the well‑meaning but haplessly adventurous…

The Land of the Long Night

Paul B. Du Chaillu

The work is a youthful travel narrative by the explorer‑author Paul Du Chaillu, who frames his account as a…

In Direst Peril

David Christie Murray

In Direst Peril is a first‑person memoir that blends adventure, romance, and a touch of self‑deprecating…

Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines

Rounsevelle Wildman

The book is a collection of short stories drawn from the author’s nine‑year tenure as a U.S.

Desert Dust

Edwin L. Sabin

Desert Dust is a Western tale that begins with a self‑conscious narrator from Albany, New York, who decides…

My Friend the Chauffeur

Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris); Williamson, A. M.

The novel opens with a tongue‑in‑cheek advertisement for an “amateur automobilist” who will ferry ladies,…

Dave Porter and His Rivals; or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall

Edward Stratemeyer

The novel is a juvenile adventure set in a boarding‑school milieu, written by Edward Stratemeyer.

A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta

Guy Boothby

A. Boothby’s A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola’s Vendetta is a late‑Victorian adventure that blends intrigue…

Lady Betty Across the Water

Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris); Williamson, A. M.

Lady Betty Across the Water is a genteel turn‑of‑the‑century novel that follows the idle yet observant Betty…

The Confessions of Arsène Lupin

Maurice Leblanc

The work is an adventure tale that places the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin at a relatively early…

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure

Rex Beach

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure is a collection of short, adventure‑oriented stories by Rex…

The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon

J. M. Gordon

The work is a sprawling family memoir that treats the Gordons as a case study in the restless spirit of…

The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea

Max Pemberton

The Iron Pirate is a sea‑faring adventure framed as a first‑person narrative that begins in a bustling French…

The Curlytops on Star Island; Or, Camping out with Grandpa

Howard Roger Garis

The story is a light‑hearted juvenile adventure set on a rural farm and the nearby lake, where the Martin…

The Great Sioux Trail: A Story of Mountain and Plain

Joseph A. Altsheler

The novel opens on a twilight‑lit frontier where the endless plains meet the shadowed foothills, and a young…

Athelstane Ford

Allen Upward

The novel opens with a reflective, first‑person narrator who recounts his childhood admiration for his older…

In Doublet and Hose: A Story for Girls

Lucy Foster Madison

In Lucy Foster Madison’s In Doublet and Hose the reader is thrust into an Elizabethan woodland where a…

Under the Rebel's Reign

Charles Neufeld

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories is a single‑volume anthology assembled for scoutmasters and other…