Count Luckner, The Sea Devil
by Lowell Thomas
About this book
Count Felix von Luckner, German naval war officer of World War One, through the words of Lowell Thomas, relates his adventures at sea as a young man through his German naval command in Word War I. Von Luckner is best known as the one who broke through the British blockade and disrupted Allied shipping in a windjammer, under sail, while managing to avoid killing any Allied crews. (Summary by Mark Harrington)
Chapters (28)
1Ch. 1 - We Meet a Flying Buccaneer
2Ch. 2 - Felix Runs Off To Sea
3Ch. 3 - Saved By an Albatross
4Ch. 4 - Salvation, Kangaroos, and Fakirs In Australia; Ch. 5 - Wrestling Champion Of Sankt Pauli
5Ch. 6 - The Tragic Cruise of the "Caesarea"
6Ch. 7 - The Beach Comber's Adventure With the "Panther"
7Ch. 8 - Pitfalls For the Sailor, and the Canary That Spoke Low Deutsch
8Ch. 9 - The Runaway Comes Home
9Ch. 10 - From Pig-Sty Cleaner To Kaiser's Protégé
10Ch. 11 - In the Camaroons, and the Fairy of Fuerteventura
11Ch. 12 - Fake Norwegians for a Pirate Cruise
12Ch. 13 - Running the British Blockade in a Hurricane
13Ch. 14 - We Capture the "Gladys Royal" and the "Lundy Island"
14Ch. 15 - Raiding Along the Equator, and an Interrupted Honeymoon
15Ch. 16 - Windjammer vs. Steamer
16Ch. 17 - The Last Cruise of the Poor Old "Pinmore"
17Ch. 18 - The Life of a Modern Buccaneer
18Ch. 19 - How We made Our Prisoners Walk the Plank; Ch. 20 - The Battle of the Falkland Islands
19Ch. 21 - Racing the Enemy Around Cape Horn
20Ch. 22 - Raiding the Pacific
21Ch. 23 - Shipwrecked in Southern Seas
22Ch. 24 - Castaways on a Coral Atoll
23Ch. 25 - Let's Go Raiding Again!
24Ch. 26 - From the Society Islands to the Cook Islands in an Open Boat
25Ch. 27 - Through a Sea of Floating Brimstone to Fiji
26Ch. 28 - Caught by the British at Wakaya
27Ch. 29 - Jailed in Fiji While Others Escape to Easter Island
28Ch. 30 - The Escape from New Zealand to the Smoking Isle
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