Project Gutenberg 2009-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 66 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne Zwecker, Johann Baptist 1814 1876 Zwecker Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt" by Mayne Reid is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story follows two young brothers, Alexis and Ivan, the sons of a Russian nobleman, who embark on an adventurous quest to travel around the world in order to hunt and collect the skins of every known bear species. Accompanied by their old guardian, Corporal Pouchskin, the youths set off with enthusiasm but face numerous challenges along the way. The opening of the novel introduces the noble Baron Grodonoff and his sons, who express a desire to travel the world. The Baron sets forth the unusual condition that they must collect the skins of all bear species, providing a unique and ambitious framework for their adventure. As they prepare for their journey, the brothers display distinct personalities: Alexis, serious and thoughtful, contrasts with the mischievous and lively Ivan. The narrative sets the stage for their ensuing adventures in the pursuit of bears, highlighting the thematic elements of exploration, education, and the peculiarities of nature as they navigate the wild environments in search of their quarry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction Hunting -- Fiction Voyages around the world -- Fiction Brothers -- Fiction Bears -- Fiction PR PZ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 578750 578759 2024-09-12T06:34:02.300284 2023-09-12T10:00:47.558524 text/html text/html 584609 2009-02-04T07:39:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 511798 2009-02-04T07:39:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 575115 2024-09-12T06:34:10.678248 application/epub+zip 584004 2024-09-12T06:34:04.304257 application/epub+zip 272382 2024-09-12T06:34:03.190278 application/epub+zip 792068 2024-09-12T06:34:15.526187 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 772135 2024-09-12T06:34:09.891231 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432132 2022-09-13T06:16:45.743097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558827 558802 2024-09-12T06:34:01.489321 2023-09-12T10:00:46.798517 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 558655 2009-02-04T07:39:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209196 2009-02-04T07:39:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20088 2024-09-12T06:34:15.673173 application/rdf+xml 13273 2024-09-12T06:34:03.571227 image/jpeg 3704 2024-09-12T06:34:03.386238 image/jpeg 562858 2024-09-12T06:34:02.369233 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 en.wikipedia