After Captain Mayne-Reid, freely adapted for the more mature youth. An adventure novel in the style of Karl May and Thomas Mayne Reid. "Greenhorn" Henry Haller begins a journey to the Wild West in St. Louis, Missouri. During a buffalo hunt he gets into a life-threatening situation. As he progresses, he meets the noble and educated chief El Sol, whose beautiful sister loves a white man.
Chapter Outline: 1. The Prairie Caravan; 2. The Buffalo Ride; 3. Left Behind and Half Thirsty; 4. The Life Story of the Scalp Hunter; 5. A Master Shot; 6. Three Days in a Trap; 7. The Ruse of the Earless Trapper; 8. Navajoa is Reached; 9. Su-wa-nee, the Snake Queen; 10. The Fight in the Cannon and the Encounter in the Barranca del Oro; 11. The Fight in the Rancho and Captain Haller's Capture; 12. The German's Bold Escape; 13. Captain Haller Returns to Navajoa Once More, but this Time as a Liberator.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Hoffmann, Otto
Title
Der Kriegspfad oder die Skalpjäger auf dem Kriegszuge gegen die Navajoes
Details
Reprint of the Stuttgart 1893 edition. 4 plates with colour illustrations. 159 pages.
State
new
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