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Across the Cameroons: A Story of War and Adventure
Two boys become caught in a treasure hunt and wartime adventures in Cameroon. This 1916 novel contains colonial-era stereotypes, dated language and scenes of violence.
- Chapters
- 38
- Language
- English
- First published
- 1916
About 4 hr 6 min of reading
Contents
38 chapters- 01CHAPTER I—Captain von Hardenberg9 min
- 02CHAPTER II—The Sunstone10 min
- 03CHAPTER III—Caught Red-handed11 min
- 04CHAPTER IV—False Evidence9 min
- 05CHAPTER V—The Eleventh Hour8 min
- 06CHAPTER VI—The Pursuit Begins8 min
- 07CHAPTER VII—Into the Bush5 min
- 08CHAPTER VIII—Danger Ahead6 min
- 09CHAPTER IX—The Captive6 min
- 10CHAPTER X—When All was Still6 min
- 11CHAPTER XI—A Shot from the Clouds8 min
- 12CHAPTER XII—The Mystery of the Running Man5 min
- 13CHAPTER XIII—The Black Dog12 min
- 14CHAPTER XIV—Buried Alive!5 min
- 15CHAPTER XV—The Valley of the Shadow7 min
- 16CHAPTER XVI—The Enemy in Sight7 min
- 17CHAPTER XVII—A Shot by Night7 min
- 18CHAPTER XVIII—A Dash for Liberty5 min
- 19CHAPTER XIX—War to the Knife8 min
- 20CHAPTER XX—Honour among Thieves8 min
- 21CHAPTER XXI—The Last Cartridge5 min
- 22CHAPTER XXII—The Conquest of a Colony5 min
- 23CHAPTER XXIII—Attacked4 min
- 24CHAPTER XXIV—The Caves9 min
- 25CHAPTER XXV—The Lock8 min
- 26CHAPTER XXVI—The White Madman6 min
- 27CHAPTER XXVII—The Black Dog Bites9 min
- 28CHAPTER XXVIII—A Race for Life6 min
- 29CHAPTER XXIX—The Temple8 min
- 30CHAPTER XXX—The Blood Spoor7 min
- 31CHAPTER XXXI—The Fox in View7 min
- 32CHAPTER XXXII—Between Two Fires6 min
- 33CHAPTER XXXIII—On the Brink of Eternity6 min
- 34CHAPTER XXXIV—The Sunstone Found6 min
- 35CHAPTER XXXV—A Brother7 min
- 36CHAPTER XXXVI—The Twelfth Hour4 min
- 37CHAPTER XXXVII—Too Late!5 min
- 38CHAPTER XXXVIII—Conclusion5 min
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