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  • The Boy Travellers in South America

    Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentine Republic, and Chili

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    Two American boys travel from Panama down the Andes to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil, and everything from a llama to the rubber trade is explained on the way. Knox wrote the Boy Travellers series from his own journeys as a correspondent. The South American volume is unusually good on the Amazon and on what the rubber boom was doing to the people upriver. Its 355 original illustrations have been ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Story Teller of the Desert--"Backsheesh!"

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    "The Story Teller of the Desert" by Thomas Wallace Knox is a captivating narrative that immerses readers in the rich tapestry of desert life. Knox, an adventurous traveler and storyteller, shares his experiences and encounters with various cultures and landscapes. His vivid descriptions transport readers to the arid expanses, where the beauty and harshness of the environment coexist. The book is ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Fourth

    Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    Egypt and the Holy Land: the pyramids measured, a dahabeah up the Nile, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, with the boys quoting their guidebooks at each other. Knox began the series in 1879, and this volume shows the tourist trade already in place, dragomans and all. Its 273 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy Travellers in Australasia

    Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, and Feejee Islands

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    The two youths cross the Pacific to Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia: sugar plantations, a Maori village, the goldfields and the strange animals nobody in Boston believes in. Knox travelled with letters of introduction and used them; the shipboard chapters read like a log. The volume was written when Australia was still six separate colonies. Its 365 original illustrations have been ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy Travellers on the Congo

    Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    Frank, Fred and Doctor Bronson cross the Atlantic in company with Henry M. Stanley, and he takes them, chapter by chapter, through his great journey: from Zanzibar to Lake Victoria and King Mtesa's court, round Lake Tanganyika to Nyangwé, and then down the unknown river to the sea. Knox condensed it in 1887 from Stanley's Through the Dark Continent at the explorer's own request, and cut it for ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy Travellers in South America: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentine Republic, and Chili

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    The plan of this volume is almost identically that of "The Boy Travellers in the Far East." Frank Bassett and Fred Bronson, with their accomplished mentor, Doctor Bronson, have traversed the length and breadth of the South American Continent from the Isthmus of Panama to the Strait of Magellan. Twice have they crossed the Andes; they have descended the Madeira and the Amazon rivers; navigated the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Army

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    The Lost Army is a historical adventure novel that centers on the search for a lost army. The story is set in a time when exploring and mapping uncharted territories were significant undertakings. The narrative follows a group of adventurers, explorers, or military personnel who embark on a quest to find an army that has disappeared under mysterious circumstances.The plot involves various ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Army

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    While Jack and Harry are waiting impatiently for the order that will give them a taste of military life, we will leave them for a while and go down the Mississippi river to the great city of St. Louis. The state of Missouri was one of those known as the “Border States,” as it lay on the border between North and South. It was the most northerly of the slaveholding states west of the Mississippi ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy Travellers in Australasia: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, and Feejee Islands

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    The first settlement in Australia was made in 1788; consequently the inhabitants of the great southern continent are this year celebrating their centennial. Three millions of people settled in five great colonies, possessing all the characteristics of an advanced civilization, with the unity developed by a common language and a common allegiance, and the rivalry that springs from the independence ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy Travellers on the Congo: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    Just think what a career he has had, continued Frank. "After various adventures as a newspaper correspondent in Spain, Abyssinia, Ashantee, and other countries, he was sent by the editor of the New York Herald to find Dr. Livingstone in the interior of Africa. He found the famous missionary; but when he came back, and told the story of what he had done, a great many people refused to believe him, ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    I passed the summer and autumn of 1860 in the Rocky Mountain Gold Region. At that time the population of the young Territory was composed of emigrants from Northern and Southern States, those from the colder regions being in the majority. When the Presidential election took place, there was much angry discussion of the great questions of the day, and there were threats of violence on the part of ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy Travellers in The Russian Empire

    by Thomas Wallace Knox ...
    In this book, Knox presents a vivid and engaging account of a journey through Russia, aimed at capturing the imagination of young readers while providing educational content. The story follows two young protagonists who embark on an adventurous trip across the Russian Empire.Throughout their travels, the boys explore various regions of Russia, from the bustling cities to the remote countryside. ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus