Frank Mundell
Stories of North Pole Adventure
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This volume does not pretend to be a history of Artic exploration. My aim has been to narrate some of the most thrilling incidents of Polar …
Stories of the Victoria Cross
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The Victoria Cross is the highest military award that can be made to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for acts of gallan…
Stories of the Lifeboat
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There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …
The Story of Edison and The Wonders of Electricity
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Despite not having attended conventional school for more than a few months during his childhood, Thomas Alva Edison received a good groundin…
Heroines of Travel
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Heroines of Travel documents the bravery and fortitude of a number of Victorian-era women who showed that adventure and exciting experiences…
Stories Of Alpine Adventure
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Mont Blanc is the Monarch of the Mountains: They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. (Byr…
Stories Of Balloon Adventure
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In the following pages will be found brief narratives of some of the more famous incidents and exciting episodes which mark the history of b…
Stories of the Fire Brigade
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The stories presented here have been collected from reports of actual incidents responded to by various fire brigades with examples from bot…
Stories of the Royal Humane Society
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Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…