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Tour On the Prairies, A

by Washington Irving ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

“I found myself thus afloat, on the skin of a buffalo, in the midst of a wild river, ... Read more

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“I found myself thus afloat, on the skin of a buffalo, in the midst of a wild river,
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Stickeen

by John Muir ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Unabridged

1 hour 4 min

“Stickeen…pushed his head past my shoulders, looked down and across, then looked me in the face and began to mutter and whine; saying as plainly as if speaking with words, “Surely, you are not going into that awful place.”As the darkness of a freezing night approaches, an experienced American naturalist and a dog are trapped on an Alaskan Glacier.This is a true story, written by one of the United ... Read more

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“Stickeen…pushed his head past my shoulders, looked down and across, then looked me in the face and began to mutter and whine; saying as plainly as if speaking with words, “Surely, you are not going into that awful place.”As the darkness of a freezing night approaches, an experienced American naturalist and a dog are trapped on an Alaskan Glacier.This is a true story, written by one of the United
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Through The Brazilian Wilderness

by Theodore Roosevelt ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Series series American Adventure Library
Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

Theodore Roosevelt was a naturalist, exploer, authoir, hunter, governor, soldier and 26th President of the United States. In 1913 he joined with Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon to explore portions of Brazil and to bring back animal specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. The final portion of the adventure was the examination of The River of Doubt, a river never before charted and ... Read more

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Theodore Roosevelt was a naturalist, exploer, authoir, hunter, governor, soldier and 26th President of the United States. In 1913 he joined with Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon to explore portions of Brazil and to bring back animal specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. The final portion of the adventure was the examination of The River of Doubt, a river never before charted and
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Narrative of the Most Extraordinary And Distressing Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex

by Owen Chase ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Unabridged

3 hours 9 min

“I saw the whale ahead of us, coming with twice his ordinary speed, and with tenfold fury and vengeance in his aspect. The surf flew in all directions about him and his coursetoward us was marked by a white foam which he made with continual violent thrashing of his tail; his head was about half out of water and in that way he came upon and again struck the ship.” An angry whale rams and destroys a ... Read more

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“I saw the whale ahead of us, coming with twice his ordinary speed, and with tenfold fury and vengeance in his aspect. The surf flew in all directions about him and his coursetoward us was marked by a white foam which he made with continual violent thrashing of his tail; his head was about half out of water and in that way he came upon and again struck the ship.” An angry whale rams and destroys a
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Camps and Trails in Old China

by Roy Chapman Andrews, Yvette Borup Andrews ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka, Leslie Walden ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

A famous naturalist and his photographer wife explore China in 1916, then a medieval counjtry torn apart by revolution, the Japanese military and the onset of World War One. Traveling by mule train, they find themselves in conflict with Mandarins, the elements, the brutal treatment of women and a closed civilization controlled by the past. From exploring bat caves, attempting to hunt and ... Read more

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A famous naturalist and his photographer wife explore China in 1916, then a medieval counjtry torn apart by revolution, the Japanese military and the onset of World War One. Traveling by mule train, they find themselves in conflict with Mandarins, the elements, the brutal treatment of women and a closed civilization controlled by the past. From exploring bat caves, attempting to hunt and
... Read more
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Reminiscences of a Ranger

Early Times in Southern California Adventures and Tales from old Los Angeles

by Major Horace Bell ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Unabridged

16 hours 31 min

Daily gunfights, daily murders, frequent public hangings. Welcome to Los Angeles,California in the 1850’s. This amazing first person account of adventures, revolutionhistory and tales, REMINISCENCES OF A RANGER was written by Major HoraceBell, who was there when it happened and wrote this eyewitness account of Los Angeles’violent transition from a Mexican Pueblo to an American City.You’ll learn ... Read more

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Daily gunfights, daily murders, frequent public hangings. Welcome to Los Angeles,California in the 1850’s. This amazing first person account of adventures, revolutionhistory and tales, REMINISCENCES OF A RANGER was written by Major HoraceBell, who was there when it happened and wrote this eyewitness account of Los Angeles’violent transition from a Mexican Pueblo to an American City.You’ll learn
... Read more
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Voyage of the Liberdade, The

by Joshua Slocum ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Series series American Adventure Library
Unabridged

4 hours 40 min

A tall ship if trapped on a sandvar in 1885, broadsided by heavy seas and doomed to destruction and break-up on a lonely Brazilian beach. This is just the beginning of an incredible sea adventure by a North American sea Captain, his wife and two sons. To returnm his family to saftey, Captain Slocum builds a new boat our of the wreckage of the old. He sails his family along the perilous ocean of ... Read more

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A tall ship if trapped on a sandvar in 1885, broadsided by heavy seas and doomed to destruction and break-up on a lonely Brazilian beach. This is just the beginning of an incredible sea adventure by a North American sea Captain, his wife and two sons. To returnm his family to saftey, Captain Slocum builds a new boat our of the wreckage of the old. He sails his family along the perilous ocean of
... Read more

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Exploration of the Colorado river and its Canyons, The

by John Wesley Powell ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Series series American Adventure Library
Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

The great unknown of the American Southwest is conquered by a one-armed man and his crew of adventurers, placing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon on the map of the American continent. John Wesley Powell lost his arm at Shiloh in the Civil War but continued his rugged outdoor life with a series of explorations of the Rocky Mountains. Travel with Powell on his greatest adventure of all—the ... Read more

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The great unknown of the American Southwest is conquered by a one-armed man and his crew of adventurers, placing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon on the map of the American continent. John Wesley Powell lost his arm at Shiloh in the Civil War but continued his rugged outdoor life with a series of explorations of the Rocky Mountains. Travel with Powell on his greatest adventure of all—the
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My Attainment of the North Pole

by Frederick Albert Cook ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Series series American Adventure Library
Unabridged

18 hours 13 min

A wild epic journey by an American phusician and two Inuit companions struggling to be the first humans to reach the North Pole. The adventure continues with a year long, near dath journey back to civilization and concludes with the wrath of an angry unbelieving establishment. Liste as Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, a respectd physician and experienced explorer, tells you how he became the first man ... Read more

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A wild epic journey by an American phusician and two Inuit companions struggling to be the first humans to reach the North Pole. The adventure continues with a year long, near dath journey back to civilization and concludes with the wrath of an angry unbelieving establishment. Liste as Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, a respectd physician and experienced explorer, tells you how he became the first man
... Read more
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Jungle Peace

by William Beebe ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Series series American Adventure Library
Unabridged

6 hours 34 min

Naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer and gifted writer, William Beebe escapes from the violence of World War One into the jungles of Brittish Guiana. Beebe's curiosity and patience magnifies natures raw details revealing the huge drama being played out in the tropical jungle. Beebe's scientific curiosity aboard a steamship, his study of a rare bird that never leaves ... Read more

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Naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer and gifted writer, William Beebe escapes from the violence of World War One into the jungles of Brittish Guiana. Beebe's curiosity and patience magnifies natures raw details revealing the huge drama being played out in the tropical jungle. Beebe's scientific curiosity aboard a steamship, his study of a rare bird that never leaves
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A Tramp Across the Continent

by Charles Fletcher Lummis ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Series series American Adventure Library
Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

Adventurous author, pioneering reporter, workaholic newspaper editor, passionate Indian rights activist, librarien, poet, anthropologist and archeologist, Charles Fletcher Lummis was a great colorful individualist who explored and popularized the American Southwest.In 1884, with a job offer to become City Editor of the Los angeles Times, Lummis determined to walk to his new job from Ohio, covering ... Read more

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Adventurous author, pioneering reporter, workaholic newspaper editor, passionate Indian rights activist, librarien, poet, anthropologist and archeologist, Charles Fletcher Lummis was a great colorful individualist who explored and popularized the American Southwest.In 1884, with a job offer to become City Editor of the Los angeles Times, Lummis determined to walk to his new job from Ohio, covering
... Read more
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To the South Seas

A Wild 1929 Family Adventure to the Galapagos Islands

by Gifford Pinchot ...

Narrated by Andre Stojka ...

Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

Soon we could see the outline of the great fish through the dark water, as it swam slowly along. It was like a barn door just under the surface, a big barn door, with cavernous mouth and two arm-like feeders.Giant Sea Bats, Land Crabs, Lap Dragons, untouched islands and native villages are visited by Gifford Pinchot the father of modern environmentalism, and Chief of the United States Forest ... Read more

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Soon we could see the outline of the great fish through the dark water, as it swam slowly along. It was like a barn door just under the surface, a big barn door, with cavernous mouth and two arm-like feeders.Giant Sea Bats, Land Crabs, Lap Dragons, untouched islands and native villages are visited by Gifford Pinchot the father of modern environmentalism, and Chief of the United States Forest
... Read more