Adventure Books

Tom Swift in the City of Gold; Or, Marvelous Adventures Underground

Victor Appleton

"Yes, dad, and about three feet high," went on Tom, referring to the letter to make sure. "It's heavy, too, no hollows in it, and these Africans regard it as a god. But that's not the strangest part o..

Nomads of the North

James Oliver Curwood

 Nomads of the North, A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars written by James Oliver Curwood. It was late in the month of March, at the dying-out of the Eagle Moon, that Neewa the ..

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

Cuthbert Bede

IF you will refer to the unpublished volume of Burke's Landed Gentry, and turn to letter G, article "GREEN," you will see that the Verdant Greens are a family of some respectability and of considerabl..

Tom Swift and his Great Searchlight

Victor Appleton

"I don't think so," was the opinion of Ned Newton, who was Tom Swift's particular chum. "You know when Mr. Foger lost all his money, the house was supposed to be sold. But I heard later that there was..

Tom Swift in Captivity

Victor Appleton

Tom Swift closed the book of adventures he had been reading, tossed it on the table, and got up. Then he yawned."What's the matter?" asked his chum, Ned Newton, who was deep in another volume."Oh, I t..

Eric Brighteyes

H. Rider Haggard

The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland. Eric Thorgrimursson (nic..

Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune

Victor Appleton

Tom only smiled confidently, and went on: "Well, Dad, all you'll have to do will be to wait and see. It isn't going to be easy--I grant that. In fact, I've run up against more snags, the little way I'..

The Golden Snare

James Oliver Curwood

Bram Johnson was an unusual man, even for the northland. He was, above all other things, a creature of environment—and necessity, and of that something else which made of him at times a man with a sou..