Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 69 Brayman, James O. 1815 1887 Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea Reading ease score: 63.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea" by James O. Brayman is a collection of remarkable historical facts and thrilling narratives written during the late 19th century. The book aims to engage readers with extraordinary incidents that span various experiences and adventures, including war stories, encounters with wildlife, and maritime perils, all captured from authentic sources. At the start of the compilation, the preface emphasizes the need for stimulating yet morally uplifting reading material, introducing the reader to different thrilling accounts. The opening chapters include dramatic tales such as the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, where Sergeant Milton recounts his harrowing experience of being trapped beneath a fallen horse while under fire, and the selfless act of a surgeon in Marseilles who sacrifices his life to uncover the secrets of a plague. These gripping narratives set the tone for a diverse collection that promises to both inform and excite, highlighting the human spirit's resilience in the face of danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure and adventurers G Text Pirates, Buccaneers, Corsairs, etc. Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 624849 615687 2024-10-05T06:30:09.693259 2023-10-05T06:57:13.911014 text/html text/html 611080 2020-12-20T04:42:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1132869 2020-12-20T04:42:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1278976 2024-10-05T06:30:27.539777 application/epub+zip 1267945 2024-10-05T06:30:16.160166 application/epub+zip 318495 2024-10-05T06:30:12.377187 application/epub+zip 7941994 2024-10-05T06:30:35.849604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7868191 2024-10-05T06:30:23.260153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 538061 2022-09-05T09:49:58.521961 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586375 586289 2024-10-05T06:30:08.391206 2023-10-05T06:57:13.148000 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 587745 2020-12-20T04:42:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 227892 2020-12-20T04:42:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 587744 2020-12-20T04:42:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 227862 2020-12-20T04:42:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21278 2024-10-05T06:30:36.572582 application/rdf+xml 18217 2024-10-05T06:30:13.491186 image/jpeg 4154 2024-10-05T06:30:12.934188 image/jpeg 1226071 2024-10-05T06:30:09.807290 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog