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Jim Davis

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Action & Adventure, Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 2

The tale of a 12-year-old boy who falls in with smugglers. Jim, an orphan, is sent to live with relatives along the Devon coast. There he accidentally witnesses the deeds of a troop of night-riders, or smugglers, and becomes caught up in their shadowy, dangerous world of excise men, sea caves and illicit cargo. The adventure takes the boy to sea against his will, where he faces hurdle after hurdle. From a skirmish with a British frigate to a nightmarish chase on horseback to run-ins with soldiers and gypsies, the plot stays rip-roaring, and the atmospheric prose supplies a polished, literary veneer. Ages 9-12. – Summary by Michael Morpurgo, Josh Mitteldorf [chương_files]

Boy Scouts on Lost Trail

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 2

Walter Upton again sets out with a group of boys on a great adventure in the North Woods, this time on foot. They’ve heard of a trail that had been used in the days of the settlers, and are seeking to locate and map it all the way to Canada. Their journey will test the skills they have, as well as learn new ones as they develop from boys to men, and learn to handle situations they never considered. [chương_files]

Blue Ghost Mystery

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 20 | Listen:

When the ghost of a Civil War soldier, killed visiting his sweetheart across enemy lines, comes back to haunt the Virginian locals at an old mine, Rick Brant and his ex-marine colleague Scotty decide to investigate. – Summary by John Walker [chương_files]

Word Portraits of Famous Writers

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 116 | Listen: 2

Mabel Elizabeth Wotton, an author herself, moved in the literary circles of the late nineteenth century establishing many close friendships, She presents for us here, not literary criticism nor biographical sketches, but “word portraits,” shore vignettes of a persons physical appearance and elements of behavior or personality. These are all drawn from many sources — biographies, newspapers, or personal friends of the authors. Some descriptions are based on paintings or drawings, but the majority are derived from personal acquaintance. Thus, we have a unique view of these famous artists that we seldom read. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]

Boy Scouts Down in Dixie

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 28 | Listen: 5

The Silver Fox Patrol are starting a new adventure down in the swamp of Louisiana. This trip is an important one to Thad, because they are looking for his long lost little sister, Pauline. All the boys are there to support their friend and leader, and, of course, trouble is never really that far behind these young men! Herbert Carter is one of many pseudonyms used by St George Rathborne. [chương_files]

Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves (version 2)

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Action & Adventure, General
Chapter: 13 | Listen: 3

A young boy named Ben runs away to make a life of his own in the big city. He learns very quickly that this will be a lot harder than his imagination prepared him for. Summary by Tori Faulder [chương_files]

Life in the Sick-room: Essays by an Invalid

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 10 | Listen: 2

Thinking she would be ill for the rest of her life, Harriet Martineau wrote these partly autobiographical essays about life in the sickroom. Considered ground breaking, it asserted that the sickroom is the sick person’s place and not the doctor’s. Sick people were able and willing to decide what is best for them. In England and abroad, people declared that “a sick person cannot write a healthy book” and that Harriet Martineau was definitely out of her senses. It would be interesting to see how much has changed. – Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia. [chương_files]

Box-Car Children (Version 2)

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 17 | Listen: 2

Henry, Jess, Violet, and Benny just lost their father and are all alone. To avoid being sent to the grandfather they fear, they have no choice but to run away. What follows is a weary midnight journey and the fun of settling into an old, abandoned boxcar in the woods. When Henry’s job makes them new friends, they don’t realize how important that will be for their future. – Summary by HannahMary [chương_files]

Grace Harlowe’s Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail

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Action & Adventure, Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapter: 24 | Listen: 1

Seeking adventure after the end of the war, Grace Harlowe and friends take a journey through The Old Apache Trail. Along the way they are come up against local bandits. Disclaimer: This novel includes language and opinions that would be deemed racist in todays society. It is Librivox policy to not censor any text. This is a reflection of the time at which the novel was written and not a reflection of the opinions of Librivox or the narrator of this audiobook. (ashleighjane ) [chương_files]

Prejudices, First Series

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Essays & Short Works, Literary Criticism, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Chapter: 21 | Listen: 8

Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets in this volume (the first of six) are critics, H.G. Wells Thorstein Veblen, Arnold Bennett, William Dean Howells, Irvin S. Cobb. Mencken’s critiques are delivered against a background of his own well known ethnic, racial, religious, and sectional prejudices. (It is said that the only thing Mencken loved about the Southern United States was his wife, who hailed from Alabama.) Not for the faint of heart, Mencken’s prickly, yet unapologetic, prose reveals a window into American attitudes at the time they were written and their influences on the larger American culture. – Summary by DrPGould [chương_files]