Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea by James O. Brayman
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Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea
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Title: Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea
Author: James O. Brayman
Release Date: January 21, 2004 [EBook #10765]
Language: English
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THRILLING ADVENTURES
BY
LAND AND SEA
BEING
REMARKABLE HISTORICAL FACTS, GATHERED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES.
EDITED BY
JAMES O. BRAYMAN.
"Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field."
PREFACE.
There is a large class of readers who seek books for the sake of the amusement they afford. Many are not very fastidious as to the character of those they select, and consequently the press of the present day teems with works which are not only valueless, so far as imparting information is concerned, but actually deleterious in their moral tendency, and calculated to vitiate and enervate the mind. Such publications as pander to a prurient taste find a large circulation with a portion of society who read them for the same reason that the inebriate seeks his bowl, or the gambler the instruments of his vocation--for the exc