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CAREERS OF DANGER AND DARING

CAREERS OF DANGER AND DARING

CLEVELAND MOFFETT

Dedication

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CAREERS OF DANGER AND DARING

I

IN WHICH WE MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF "STEEPLE BOB"

II

HOW THEY BLEW OFF THE TOP OF A STEEPLE WITH DYNAMITE

III

THE GREATEST DANGER TO A STEEPLE-CLIMBER LIES IN BEING STARTLED

IV

EXPERIENCE OF AN AMATEUR CLIMBING TO A STEEPLE-TOP

THE DEEP-SEA DIVER

I

SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MEN WHO GO DOWN UNDER THE SEA

II

A VISIT TO THE BURYING-GROUND OF WRECKS

III

AN AFTERNOON OF STORY-TELLING ON THE STEAM-PUMP "DUNDERBERG"

IV

WHEREIN WE MEET SHARKS, ALLIGATORS, AND A VERY TOUGH PROBLEM IN WRECKING

V

IN WHICH THE AUTHOR PUTS ON A DIVING-SUIT AND GOES DOWN TO A WRECK

THE BALLOONIST

I

HERE WE VISIT A BALLOON FARM AND TALK, WITH THE MAN WHO RUNS IT

II

WHICH TREATS OF EXPERIMENTS IN STEERING BALLOONS

III

SOMETHING ABOUT EXPLOSIVE BALLOONS AND THE WONDERS OF HYDROGEN

IV

THE STORY OF A BOY WHO RAN AWAY IN A BIG BALLOON

THE PILOT

I

SOME STIRRING TALES OF THE SEA HEARD AT THE PILOTS' CLUB

II

WHICH SHOWS HOW PILOTS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE FIGHT THE ICE-FLOES

III

NOW WE WATCH THE MEN WHO SHOOT THE FURIOUS RAPIDS AT LACHINE

IV

WHAT CANADIAN PILOTS DID IN THE CATARACTS OF THE NILE

THE BRIDGE-BUILDER

I

IN WHICH WE VISIT A PLACE OF UNUSUAL FEARS AND PERILS

II

THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO NOVICES IN BALANCING ALONG NARROW GIRDERS AND WATCHING THE "TRAVELER" GANG

III

WHICH TELLS OF MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN FROM GREAT HEIGHTS

THE FIREMAN

I

WHEREIN WE SEE A SLEEPING VILLAGE SWEPT BY A RIVER OF FIRE AND THE BURNING OF A FAMOUS HOTEL

II

WHAT BILL BROWN DID IN THE GREAT TARRANT FIRE

III

HERE WE VISIT AN ENGINE-HOUSE AT NIGHT AND CHAT WITH THE DRIVER

IV

FAMOUS RESCUES BY NEW YORK FIRE-BOATS FROM RED-HOT OCEAN LINERS

THE AËRIAL ACROBAT

I

SHOWING THAT IT TAKES MORE THAN MUSCLE AND SKILL TO WORK ON THE HIGH BARS

II

ABOUT DOUBLE AND TRIPLE SOMERSAULTS AND THE DANGER OF LOSING HEART

III

IN WHICH THE AUTHOR TRIES HIS HAND WITH PROFESSIONAL TRAPEZE PERFORMERS

IV

SOME REMARKABLE FALLS AND NARROW ESCAPES OF FAMOUS ATHLETES

THE WILD-BEAST TAMER

I

WE VISIT A QUEER RESORT FOR CIRCUS PEOPLE AND TALK WITH A TRAINER OF ELEPHANTS

II

METHODS OF LION-TAMERS AND THE STORY OF BRUTUS'S ATTACK ON MR. BOSTOCK

III

BONAVITA DESCRIBES HIS FIGHT WITH SEVEN LIONS AND GEORGE ARSTINGSTALL TELLS HOW HE CONQUERED A MAD ELEPHANT

IV

WE SEE MR. BOSTOCK MATCHED AGAINST A WILD LION AND HEAR ABOUT THE TIGER RAJAH

V

WE SPEND A NIGHT AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SEE THE DANGEROUS LION BLACK PRINCE

THE DYNAMITE WORKER

I

THE STORY OF SOME MILLIONAIRE HEROES AND THE WORLD'S GREATEST POWDER EXPLOSION

II

WE VISIT A DYNAMITE-FACTORY AND MEET A MAN WHO THINKS COURAGE IS AN ACCIDENT

III

HOW JOSHUA PLUMSTEAD STUCK TO HIS NITROGLYCERIN-VAT IN AN EXPLOSION AND SAVED THE WORKS

THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER

I

HOW IT FEELS TO RIDE AT NIGHT ON A LOCOMOTIVE GOING NINETY MILES AN HOUR

II

WE PICK UP SOME ENGINE LORE AND HEAR ABOUT THE DEATH OF GIDDINGS

III

SOME MEMORIES OF THE GREAT RECORD-BREAKING RUN FROM CHICAGO TO BUFFALO

IV

WE HEAR SOME THRILLING STORIES AT A ROUNDHOUSE AND REACH THE END OF THE BOOK

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