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Up the River

Gelesen von Stevan Simmons

(4,607 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)

Up the River is the sixth and last of "The Great Western Series." The events of the story occur on the coast of Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, and on the Mississippi River. The volume and the series close with the return of the hero, by a route not often taken by tourists, to his home in Michigan. His voyaging on the ocean, the Great Lakes, and the Father of Waters, is finished for the present; but the writer believes that his principal character has grown wiser and better since he was first introduced to the reader. He has made mistakes of judgment, but whatever of example and inspiration he may impart to the reader will be that of a true and noble boy, with no vices to disfigure his character, and no low aims to lead him from "the straight and narrow path" of duty.
Dorchester, Mass., June 1, 1881(Introduction by Author)

This book was written under the pseudonym of Oliver Optic. (7 hr 16 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface

3:49

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01 - In Captain Boomsby's Salon

15:28

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02 - Four Thousand Dollars

12:44

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03 - Adieu to the Boomsbys

16:13

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04 - Nick Boomsby has Aspirations

14:21

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05 - The Strange Movement of the Islander

13:35

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06 - A Lively Chase

11:55

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07 - A Fog off the Florida Coast

15:31

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08 - A Port in a Storm

13:37

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09 - A Visit from an Old Acquaintance

14:18

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10 - Intelligence of the Islander

14:31

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11 - Difficult Navigation

13:11

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12 - The Calamity on French Reef

13:27

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13 - A Night Lost in the Storm

12:52

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14 - Looking for the Islander

13:45

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15 - A Partial Solution of the Mystery

13:15

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16 - Across the Gulf of Mexico

14:56

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17 - The Sylvania in Ambush

14:40

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18 - How Nick Boomsby managed his Case

15:36

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19 - A Search for the Lost Treasure

13:55

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20 - The Theory and the Facts

14:01

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21 - Up the Mississippi

13:52

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22 - The Islander in a Bad Fix

13:06

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23 - An Embarrassing Situation

14:06

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24 - A Crevasse on the Mississippi

14:38

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25 - Sailing Across the Fields

13:38

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26 - A Desperate Struggle with the Rushing Waters

13:20

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27 - The Planter and his Family

14:32

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28 - A Distinguished Passenger

15:14

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29 - Up the River for many Days

14:58

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30 - Up another River and Home Again

22:58

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Bewertungen

(4,5 Sterne)

Great book. The Great Loop is still the same in 2015.

Great American accents which suits the story perfectly!

(4 Sterne)

Another good book by Oliver Optic

(5 Sterne)