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Mayne Reid
1818–1883
Best known for vivid frontier adventures, this Irish-born writer turned real-life travel, war, and wanderings into fast-moving stories that captivated generations of young readers. His novels mix excitement with a strong feel for the landscapes and conflicts of the Americas.
67 Audiobooks
A fond de cale
by Mayne Reid
Afloat in the Forest; Or, A Voyage among the Tree-Tops
by Mayne Reid
The Boy Tar
by Mayne Reid
Kullankaivajat ja indiaanit: Kertomus Pohjois-Meksikosta
by Mayne Reid
The Scalp Hunters
by Mayne Reid
The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea
by Mayne Reid
The Boy Slaves
by Mayne Reid
Les chasseurs de chevelures
by Mayne Reid
Le cheval sauvage
by Mayne Reid
The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas
by Mayne Reid
The Death Shot: A Story Retold
by Mayne Reid
The Young Voyageurs: Boy Hunters in the North
by Mayne Reid
The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
by Mayne Reid
The Giraffe Hunters
by Mayne Reid
Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
by Mayne Reid
The Boy Hunters
by Mayne Reid
The Boy Slaves
by Mayne Reid
The Lone Ranche
by Mayne Reid
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
by Mayne Reid
Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt
by Mayne Reid
The Land of Fire: A Tale of Adventure
by Mayne Reid
Wood Rangers: The Trappers of Sonora
by Mayne Reid
The Castaways
by Mayne Reid
Merille karannut: Seikkailuromaani Afrikan rannikolta
by Mayne Reid
The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea
by Mayne Reid
The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West
by Mayne Reid
Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye
by Mayne Reid
The Fatal Cord, and The Falcon Rover
by Mayne Reid
The Maroon
by Mayne Reid
The White Gauntlet
by Mayne Reid
The island pirate, a tale of the Mississippi
by Mayne Reid
The Guerilla Chief, and Other Tales
by Mayne Reid
Tiikerien pyydystäjä
by Mayne Reid
The Wild Huntress: Love in the Wilderness
by Mayne Reid
The Tiger Hunter
by Mayne Reid
The Rifle Rangers
by Mayne Reid
The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"
by Mayne Reid
Valkoinen päällikkö: Kertomus Pohjois-Meksikosta
by Mayne Reid
Ran Away to Sea
by Mayne Reid
The Vee-Boers: A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa
by Mayne Reid
Lost Lenore: The Adventures of a Rolling Stone
by Mayne Reid
Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye
by Mayne Reid
The Finger of Fate: A Romance
by Mayne Reid
Valkoinen hevonen
by Mayne Reid
The Lost Mountain: A Tale of Sonora
by Mayne Reid
The White Squaw
by Mayne Reid
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
by Mayne Reid
The Bandolero; Or, A Marriage among the Mountains
by Mayne Reid
Les enfants des bois
by Mayne Reid
Mississipin metsästäjäpojat
by Mayne Reid
No Quarter!
by Mayne Reid
The Yellow Chief
by Mayne Reid
The Child Wife
by Mayne Reid
The Free Lances: A Romance of the Mexican Valley
by Mayne Reid
Popular Adventure Tales
by Mayne Reid
Les Robinsons de terre ferme
by Mayne Reid
About the author
Born in Ballyroney, County Down, in 1818, Mayne Reid was raised in a Presbyterian family and was at first intended for the ministry. Instead, he left for the United States as a young man, where he worked in several jobs and gathered the kind of firsthand experience that would later power his fiction.
He served in the Mexican–American War and later settled in London, where he built a successful career as a writer of adventure novels. Books such as The Rifle Rangers, The Scalp Hunters, and The Headless Horseman drew on American settings and helped make him especially popular with younger readers, though he originally wrote for a broader audience.
Reid's stories are remembered for their energy, outdoor detail, and fascination with frontier life. Writing often as "Captain Mayne Reid," he brought together action, travel, and observation in a way that kept his work widely read long after the 19th century.