Thomas Wallace Knox

The Talking Handkerchief, and Other Stories


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This is a collection of 22 stories of action and adventure. We follow the narrators as they escape pirates and cannibals, overcome natural d…

Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815


Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)


John and David grew up best of friends, outgoing and full of adventure. Living but miles from the sea west of Boston, right on the cusp of m…

Darkness and Daylight; or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life


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A Pictorial Record of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the Great Metropolis, with hundreds of thrilling anecdotes and incidents, ske…

The Boy Travellers in Australasia


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ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY TO THE SANDWICH, MARQUESAS, SOCIETY, SAMOAN, AND FEEJEE ISLANDS, AND THROUGH THE COLONIES OF NEW ZEALA…

The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire


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An engaging travelogue first published in 1886, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. Subtitle: Adventures o…

The Boy Travellers in Mexico


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An engaging travelogue published in 1890, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. From the preface: "a bo…