| title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
| Hair-Breadth Escapes
The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa | Adams, H.C. | en | | | | | 2010-07-31 |
| Hair Breadth Escapes
Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers
in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. | Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 | en | | | | | 2009-08-28 |
| Track's End
Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now | Carruth, Hayden, 1862-1932 | en | | | Carleton, Clifford, 1867-1946 [Illustrator] | | 2009-05-19 |
| Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War | | en | | | Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 [Editor] | | 2006-07-06 |
| 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 |
| Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky
Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 | Green, Jacob D. | en | | | | | 2005-02-21 |
| The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard
Containing a Particular Account of His Many Robberies and Escapes | Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 | en | | | | | 2004-11-16 |
| The Underground Railroad
A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Aut | Still, William | en | | | | Underground Railroad; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography | 2005-03-05 |