
Chapter One. - The Home of the Hunter-Naturalist.
Chapter Two. - The Hunter-Naturalist and his Family.
Chapter Three. - The Prince’s Letter.
Chapter Four. - Going on a Great Hunt.
Chapter Five. - The Camp of the Boy Hunters.
Chapter Six. - A Fox-Squirrel in a Fix.
Chapter Seven. - François gets an Ugly Fall.
Chapter Eight. - About Alligators.
Chapter Nine. - The Indian Mother and Caïman.
Chapter Ten. - The Food of the Silkworm.
Step onto the banks of the mighty Mississippi and into a world where the wilderness meets a meticulously kept homestead. The narrator guides listeners to a sturdy log house perched on the river’s western edge, its porch draped in vines and its lawns dotted with towering magnolias, cedars and exotic palms. Inside, the rooms resemble a natural‑history museum, walls lined with rifles, traps, preserved skins, glass cases of insects and shelves of well‑worn books, all hinting at a life devoted to the chase.
Against this richly described backdrop, a curious young boy begins his apprenticeship under the watchful eye of a seasoned hunter‑naturalist. As the river’s currents whisper ancient secrets, the boy’s fascination with the tools and trophies around him sparks the first steps of an adventure that will take him far beyond the quiet village, across the prairie, and into the heart of the untamed West.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (517K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Release date
2007-04-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1818–1883
Adventure, danger, and wide-open landscapes run through these stories from a writer who turned real-life travel and combat into fast-moving fiction. Best known as Captain Mayne Reid, he became a favorite of generations of young readers with tales of the American frontier and beyond.
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