John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War

A. F. Hill (1842 - 1876)

Follow a Very Funny Man make the best and the worst of his infirmity!! (Summary by Christine Rottger)

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Genre(s): Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): humor (638), travel (288), New York (101), Boston (23), beer (9), detroit (4), resilience (4), rowing (3), u.s. travel (1), one-legged man (1) ... [Show full list]

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Christine Rottger
00:02:36
Play 01 Chapter One: The Way It Happened Christine Rottger
00:11:46
Play 02 Chapter Two: John's Adventure With A Crazy Man Christine Rottger
00:15:20
Play 03 Chapter Three: Proposes To Leap From A Third-Story Window Christine Rottger
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Play 04 Chapter Four: Locked Up Winnifred Assmann
00:13:16
Play 05 Chapter Five: Accommodated With A "Room Lower Down" Winnifred Assmann
00:10:49
Play 06 Chapter Six: The Way Smith Gets Bored - An Episode Usacoder
00:11:23
Play 07 Chapter Seven: John Smith's Friend Usacoder
00:06:55
Play 08 Chapter Eight: John Thought He Would Like To Travel Usacoder
00:11:39
Play 09 Chapter Nine: Sea-Sick -- Ugh! James Oligney
00:11:17
Play 10 Chapter Ten: The "Hub" James Oligney
00:16:49
Play 11 Chapter Eleven: Narrow Escape In A Row At Baltimore Shelly Weingart
00:12:32
Play 12 Chapter Twelve: How Smith Traveled A-Foot --And More Shelly Weingart
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Play 13 Chapter Thirteen: Romance in John Smith's "Real Life" BrentPatrick
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Play 14 Chapter Fourteen: The Hudson Usacoder
00:12:56
Play 15 Chapter Fifteen: John At Saratoga Usacoder
00:10:26
Play 16 Chapter Sixteen: The Sail-Boat Usacoder
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Play 17 Chapter Seventeen: Niagara Falls CCam
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Play 18 Chapter Eighteen: Cave Of The Winds CCam
00:10:25
Play 19 Chapter Nineteen: Canada CCam
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Play 20 Chapter Twenty: Col. John Smith At An Hotel KayJay Stew
00:14:22
Play 21 Chapter Twenty-One: Courtesies of Travelers Noreen
00:08:00
Play 22 Chapter Twenty-Two: "The City Of Magnificent Distances" Nancy Gorgen
00:10:57
Play 23 Chapter Twenty-Three: Smith's Experience On A Skate Shelly Weingart
00:10:59
Play 24 Chapter Twenty-Four: Over The Mountain James Oligney
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Play 25 Chapter Twenty-Five: Difficulty With The Owner Of Pittsburg James Oligney
00:10:18
Play 26 Chapter Twenty-Six: Peculiarities Of Travelers Shelly Weingart
00:07:32
Play 27 Chapter Twenty-Seven: McCulloch's Leap Shelly Weingart
00:16:40
Play 28 Chapter Twenty-Eight Cincinnati Rusty Pistols
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Play 29 Chapter Twenty-Nine: Fall City And Cave City Rusty Pistols
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Play 30 Chapter Thirty: John Smith's Absence From The Face Of The Earth James Oligney
00:20:20
Play 31 Chapter Thirty-One: The "Nightingale" James Oligney
00:21:05
Play 32 Chapter Thirty-Two: Smith's Extraordinary Adventures in the "Mound City" Shelly Weingart
00:15:55
Play 33 Chapter Thirty-Three: How Not To Open A Patent Lock Shelly Weingart
00:11:58
Play 34 Chapter Thirty-Four: A Game Of Checkers Ny Swanson
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Play 35 Chapter Thirty-Five: John In Chicago Usacoder
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Play 36 Chapter Thirty-Six: Traveling Companions Usacoder
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Play 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven: Milwaukee And The Lakes James Oligney
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Play 38 Chapter Thirty-Eight: Smith In Search Of His Uncle James Oligney
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Play 39 Chapter Thirty-Nine: Smith's Knowledge Of German James Oligney
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Play 40 Chapter Forty: "A Life On The Ocean Wave, And A Home On The Rolling Deep" James Oligney
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Play 41 Chapter Forty-One: J. Smith's Curiosity To See A Gale More Than Satisfied James Oligney
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Play 42 Chapter Forty-Two: More Of The Dreadful Sea James Oligney
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Play 43 Chapter Forty-Three: John Smith's End Imminent Noreen
00:09:57
Play 44 Chapter Forty-Four: Courtesies At Sea James Oligney
00:09:19
Play 45 Chapter Forty-Five: Ho! For California! James Oligney
00:12:40
Play 46 Chapter Forty-Six: On the Isthmus Larry Wilson
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Play 47 Chapter Forty-Seven: The "Golden City" James Oligney
00:19:51
Play 48 Chapter Forty-Eight: The Doctor James Oligney
00:11:14
Play 49 Chapter Forty-Nine: A Startling Bundle Christine Rottger
00:18:57
Play 50 Chapter Fifty: Exit Smith Larry Wilson
00:04:44