The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure

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The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure

by William MacLeod Raine

EN·~5 hours

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A weary morning finds a young Irish lawyer trudging through rain‑slick streets, his routine life at a corporate office feeling more like a shackles than a calling. As a torn, yellowed scrap of paper lands at his feet, a heated struggle erupts in a nearby window—a woman reaching for the note while a furious man tries to snatch it away. Impulsively he snatches the parchment and watches the scene dissolve, unaware that this fleeting choice will pull him toward an adventure far beyond courtroom battles.

That mysterious sheet becomes his reluctant invitation to a world of sea‑bound danger, leading him to the charismatic Captain Forrester and his steadfast crew. Together they set sail for the jungles of Panama, chasing rumors of a long‑lost cache of treasure guarded by ruthless pirates. As the tide turns and the horizon beckons, the once‑settled lawyer must decide whether to remain a spectator or step into the daring fight that awaits on the high seas.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (335K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2007-09-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

William MacLeod Raine

William MacLeod Raine

1871–1954

Best known for fast-moving Westerns, this British-born American novelist turned frontier settings into vivid, popular adventures. He wrote prolifically for decades, with stories ranging from cowboys and rangers to the Klondike.

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