
The Motor Pirate has haunted newspapers and tavern talks for a year, a shadowy figure whose daring road raids and uncanny mechanical inventions turned ordinary highways into stages for high‑speed terror. Rumors swirl—some claim he kidnapped every attractive woman he encountered, others paint him as a modern‑day Robin Hood—yet the truth remains tangled in myth and speculation. The narrator, an unlikely witness, insists he holds the most reliable details about the outlaw’s true character and motives.
Through a twist of fate the storyteller found himself drawn into the pirate’s dangerous network, gaining a glimpse of the brilliant yet unbalanced mind behind the infamous automobile. He promises to lay out the pirate’s audacious schemes, the inventive genius that powered them, and the tragic climax that abruptly ended the reign of terror. Listeners will be taken on a ride through intrigue, invention, and the thin line between brilliance and criminality, all recounted from a first‑hand perspective that blends personal confession with sharp observation.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (352K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2008-09-19
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1866–1925
A British writer and journalist from the early motoring age, he is best remembered for fast-moving popular fiction such as The Motor Pirate and The Lady of the Blue Motor. His work captures the excitement, novelty, and danger that surrounded the first years of modern road travel.
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