Careers of Danger and Daring
Cleveland Moffett
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Length 10 h 25 min
Chapters 40
First published 1903
In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed. Mr. Moffett has chosen unusual and picturesque careers, and has offered dramatic scenes from the lives of the steeple climber, the diver, the balloonist,the pilot, the bridge builder, the fireman, the aerial acrobat, the wild animal trainer, the dynamite worker and lastly the locomotive driver. (Summary by annise)
And it has great pictures - ever wondered what the top of a steeple really looked like? Some listeners may find the "Wild Animal Tamer" stories distressing - I did. I would suggest you just don't download that section - the rest is well worth listening to.
Chapters
1
The Steeple-Climber Pt 1 In Which We Make the Acquaintance of 'Steeple Bob' Read by klbonds 18:00
2
The Steeple-Climber Pt 2 How They Blew Off the Top of a Steeple with Dynamite Read by klbonds 11:58
3
The Steeple-Climber Pt 3The Greatest Danger to a Steeple-Climber Lies in Being Startled Read by klbonds 15:18
4
The Steeple-Climber Pt 4 Experience of an Amateur Climbing to a Steeple-top Read by klbonds 18:35
5
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 1 Some First Impressions of Men Who Go Down Under the Sea Read by LivelyHive 24:13
6
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 2 A Visit to the Burying-ground of Wrecks Read by LivelyHive 16:04
7
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 3 An Afternoon of Story-telling on the Steam-pump Dunderberg Read by LivelyHive 13:40
8
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 4 Wherein We Meet Sharks, Alligators, and a Very Tough Problem in Wrecking Read by E.Lee 11:28
9
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 5 In Which the Author Puts on a Diving-suit and Goes Down to a Wreck Read by E.Lee 13:18
10
The Balloonist Pt 1 Here We Visit a Balloon Farm and Talk with the Man Who Runs It Read by E.Lee 15:35
11
The Balloonist Pt 2 Which Treats of Experiments in Steering Balloons Read by E.Lee 14:52
12
The Balloonist Pt 3 Something About Explosive Balloons and the Wonders of Hydrogen Read by jerryB 10:40
13
The Balloonist Pt 4 The Story of a Boy Who Ran Away in a Big Balloon Read by jerryB 18:03
14
The Pilot Pt 1 Some Stirring Tales of the Sea Heard at the Pilot's Club Read by jerryB 15:08
15
The Pilot Pt 2 Which Shows How Pilots on the St. Lawrence Fight the Ice-floe Read by jerryB 10:49
16
The Pilot Pt 3 Now We Watch the Men Who Shoot the Furious Rapids at Lachine Read by jerryB 13:55
17
The Pilot Pt 4 What Canadian Pilots Did in the Cataracts of the Nile Read by jerryB 14:21
18
The Bridge-Builder Pt 1 In Which We Visit a Place of Unusual Fears and Perils Read by ashleighjane 10:46
19
The Bridge-Builder Pt 2 The Experience of Two Novices in Balancing Along Narrow Girders and Watching the 'Traveler' Gang Read by ashleighjane 16:48
20
The Bridge-Builder Pt 3 Which Tells of Men Who Have Fallen from Great Heights Read by ashleighjane 16:58
21
The Fireman Pt 1 Wherein We See a Sleeping Village Swept by a River of Fire and the Burning of a Famous Hotel Read by klbonds 18:19
22
The Fireman Pt 2 What Bill Brown Did in the Great Tarrant Fire Read by klbonds 16:56
23
The Fireman Pt 3 Here We Visit an Engine-house at Night and Chat with the Driver Read by klbonds 12:04
24
The Fireman Pt 4 Famous Rescues by New York Fire-boats from Red-hot Ocean Liners Read by klbonds 19:42
25
The Aërial Acrobat Pt 1 Showing That it Takes More Than Muscle and Skill to Work on the High Bars Read by Guero 14:56
26
The Aërial Acrobat Pt 2 About Double and Triple Somersaults and the Danger of Losing Heart Read by Phil Chenevert 13:20
27
The Aërial Acrobat Pt 3 In Which the Author Tries His Hand with Professional Trapeze Performer Read by Phil Chenevert 18:22
28
The Aërial Acrobat Pt 4 Some Remarkable Falls and Narrow Escapes of Famous Athletes Read by Phil Chenevert 12:37
29
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 1 We Visit a Queer Resort for Circus People and Talk with a Trainer of Elephants Read by Annise 16:28
30
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 2 Methods of Lion-tamers and the Story of Brutus's Attack on Mr. Bostock Read by Annise 16:12
31
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 3 Bonavita Describes His Fight with Seven Lions and George Arstingstall Tells How He Conquered a Mad Elephant Read by Annise 17:53
32
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 4 We See Mr. Bostock Matched Against a Wild Lion and Hear About the Tiger Rajah Read by Annise 14:12
33
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 5 We Spend a Night Among Wild Beasts and See the Dangerous Lion Black Prince Read by Annise 14:46
34
The Dynamite Worker Pt 1 The Story of Some Millionaire Heroes and the World's Greatest Powder Explosion Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 17:02
35
The Dynamite Worker Pt 2 We Visit a Dynamite-factory and Meet a Man Who Thinks Courage is an Accident Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 13:19
36
The Dynamite Worker Pt 3 How Joshua Plumstead Stuck to His Nitro-Glycerin-Vat in an Explosion and Saved the Works Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 14:41
37
The Locomotive Engineer Pt 1 How it Feels to Ride at Night on a Locomote Going Ninety Miles an Hour Read by TriciaG 19:28
38
The Locomotive Engineer Pt 2 We Pick Up Some Engine Lore and Hear About the Death of Giddings Read by TriciaG 11:25
39
The Locomotive Engineer Pt 3 Some Memories of the Great Record-breaking Run from Chicago to Buffalo Read by TriciaG 18:49
40
The Locomotive Engineer Pt 4 We Hear Some Thrilling Stories at a Round-house and Reach the End of the Book Read by TriciaG 23:44
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