title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Escape of Mr. Trimm
His Plight and other Plights | Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944 | en | | The escape of Mr. Trimm -- The belled buzzard -- An occurrence up a side street -- Another of those cub reporter stories -- Smoke of battle -- The exit of Anse Dugmore -- To the editor of the Sun -- Fishhead -- Guilty as charged. | | Judges -- Fiction; Crime -- Fiction; Short stories | 2008-03-11 |
The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea | Petronius Arbiter, 20-66 | en | | | | | 2004-06-01 |
The Historical Nights' Entertainment
First Series | Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 | en | | The night of Holyrood: the murder of David Rizzio -- The night of Kirk o'Field: the murder of Darnley -- The night of betrayal: Antonio Perez and Philip II of Spain -- The night of charity: the case of the Lady Alice Lisle -- The night of massacre: the story of the St. Bartholomew -- The night of witchcraft: Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan -- The night of gems: the affairs of the queen's necklace -- The night of terror: the drownings at Nantes under Carrier -- The night of nuptials: Charles the Bold and Sapphira Danvelt -- The night of stranglers: Giovanna of Naples and Andreas of Hungary -- The night of hate: the murder of the Duke of Gandia -- The night of escape: Casanova's escape from the Piombi -- The night of masquerade: the assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden. | | | 2001-05-01 |
'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany | Knight, Gerald Featherstone, 1894- | en | | | | World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English | 2008-11-10 |
The Escape of a Princess Pat
Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months'
imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany
into Holland | Pearson, George | en | | | | | 2008-06-03 |
Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship | Appleton, Victor [pseud.] | en | | | | Giants -- Juvenile fiction; South America -- Juvenile fiction; Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction | 2003-11-01 |
Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 | en | | My escape from slavery -- Reconstruction. | | Essays; Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895; African American abolitionists; Slavery | 1994-01-01 |
Five Little Peppers at School | Sidney, Margaret, 1844-1924 | en | | Hard Times for Joel -- The Tennis Match -- A Narrow Escape -- Of Various Things -- At Silvia Horne's -- The Accident -- The Salisbury Girls -- “We're to have our picnic!” -- All About the Poor Brakeman -- Joel and His Dog -- The United Clubs -- Some Every-day Fun -- The Picnic -- Miss Salisbury's Story -- The Broken Vase -- New Plans -- Phronsie -- Tom's Story -- The Grand Entertainment -- The Corcoran Family -- At the Play -- Pickering Dodge -- The Clemcy Garden Party -- The Piece of News -- “The Very Prettiest Affair” | Heyer, Hermann [Illustrator] | | 2008-07-25 |
The Lilac Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Shifty Lad -- The False Prince and the True -- The Jogi's Punishment -- The Heart of a Monkey -- The Fairy Nurse -- A Lost Paradise -- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves -- The Ring of the Waterfalls -- A French Puck -- The Three Crowns -- The Story of a Very Bad Boy -- The Brown Bear of Norway -- Little Lasse -- 'Moti' -- The Enchanted Deer -- A Fish Story -- The Wonderful Tune -- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother -- The One-Handed Girl -- The Bones of Djulung -- The Sea Ring's Gift -- The Raspberry Worm -- The Stones of Plouhinec -- The Castle of Kerglas -- The Battle of the Birds -- The Lady of the Fountain -- The Four Gifts -- The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok -- The Escape of the Mouse -- The Believing Husbands -- The Hoodie-Crow -- The Brownie of the Lake -- The Winning of Olwen. | | Folklore; Fairy tales | 2002-10-01 |
The Lilac Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Shifty Lad -- The False Prince and the True -- The Jogi's Punishment -- The Heart of a Monkey -- The Fairy Nurse -- A Lost Paradise -- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves -- The Ring of the Waterfalls -- A French Puck -- The Three Crowns -- The Story of a Very Bad Boy -- The Brown Bear of Norway -- Little Lasse -- 'Moti' -- The Enchanted Deer -- A Fish Story -- The Wonderful Tune -- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother -- The One-Handed Girl -- The Bones of Djulung -- The Sea Ring's Gift -- The Raspberry Worm -- The Stones of Plouhinec -- The Castle of Kerglas -- The Battle of the Birds -- The Lady of the Fountain -- The Four Gifts -- The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok -- The Escape of the Mouse -- The Believing Husbands -- The Hoodie-Crow -- The Brownie of the Lake -- The Winning of Olwen. | Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941 [Illustrator] | Fairy tales; Folklore | 2009-02-16 |
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. | Anonymous | en | | Adventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes -- An Occurrence at sea -- Loss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba -- An account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes of the dangers attending it -- Loss of the Brig Tyrrel -- Loss of the Peggy -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield -- Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer -- Loss of the French ship Droits de L'Homme -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte -- A Scene on the Atlantic Ocean -- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank -- Loss of the Royal George -- Loss of the Æneas, transport -- The Absent Ship -- Loss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman -- An account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen -- Loss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship -- The Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea -- Fate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice -- Seamen wintering in Spitzbergen -- A Man Overboard -- An Escape through the Cabin-Windows -- Tom Cringle's Log -- Loss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War -- Wreck of a Slave Ship -- The Wrecked Seamen -- Adventures of Philip Ashton -- Explosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion -- Loss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune -- Burning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman -- Wreck of the Schooner Betsey -- Early American Heroism -- Fingal's Cave -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies -- Preservation of Nine Seamen -- Capt. Ross's Expedition -- Loss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships -- Wreck of the Ship Sidney -- Loss of the Duke William, transport -- Commodore Barney -- Naval Battles of the United States -- Address to the Ocean. | | Shipwrecks; Mutiny; Pirates; Seafaring life | 2008-07-06 |