Count Luckner, The Sea Devil
Lowell Thomas
Play
Length 9 h 19 min
Chapters 28
First published 1927
Count Felix von Luckner, German naval war officer of World War One, through the words of Lowell Thomas, relates his adventures at sea as a young man through his German naval command in Word War I. Von Luckner is best known as the one who broke through the British blockade and disrupted Allied shipping in a windjammer, under sail, while managing to avoid killing any Allied crews. (Summary by Mark Harrington)
Chapters
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Ch. 1 - We Meet a Flying Buccaneer Read by Mark Harrington 14:15
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Ch. 2 - Felix Runs Off To Sea Read by Mark Harrington 22:32
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Ch. 3 - Saved By an Albatross Read by Mark Harrington 14:52
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Ch. 4 - Salvation, Kangaroos, and Fakirs In Australia; Ch. 5 - Wrestling Champion Of Sankt Pauli Read by Mark Harrington 26:45
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Ch. 6 - The Tragic Cruise of the "Caesarea" Read by Mark Harrington 32:02
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Ch. 7 - The Beach Comber's Adventure With the "Panther" Read by Mark Harrington 13:03
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Ch. 8 - Pitfalls For the Sailor, and the Canary That Spoke Low Deutsch Read by Mark Harrington 14:22
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Ch. 9 - The Runaway Comes Home Read by Mark Harrington 12:20
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Ch. 10 - From Pig-Sty Cleaner To Kaiser's Protégé Read by Mark Harrington 16:57
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Ch. 11 - In the Camaroons, and the Fairy of Fuerteventura Read by Mark Harrington 18:16
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Ch. 12 - Fake Norwegians for a Pirate Cruise Read by Mark Harrington 42:50
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Ch. 13 - Running the British Blockade in a Hurricane Read by Mark Harrington 31:03
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Ch. 14 - We Capture the "Gladys Royal" and the "Lundy Island" Read by Mark Harrington 22:28
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Ch. 15 - Raiding Along the Equator, and an Interrupted Honeymoon Read by Mark Harrington 19:35
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Ch. 16 - Windjammer vs. Steamer Read by Mark Harrington 10:45
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Ch. 17 - The Last Cruise of the Poor Old "Pinmore" Read by Mark Harrington 13:04
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Ch. 18 - The Life of a Modern Buccaneer Read by Mark Harrington 15:04
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Ch. 19 - How We made Our Prisoners Walk the Plank; Ch. 20 - The Battle of the Falkland Islands Read by Mark Harrington 24:49
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Ch. 21 - Racing the Enemy Around Cape Horn Read by Mark Harrington 18:51
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Ch. 22 - Raiding the Pacific Read by Mark Harrington 12:32
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Ch. 23 - Shipwrecked in Southern Seas Read by Mark Harrington 13:15
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Ch. 24 - Castaways on a Coral Atoll Read by Mark Harrington 14:14
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Ch. 25 - Let's Go Raiding Again! Read by Mark Harrington 10:49
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Ch. 26 - From the Society Islands to the Cook Islands in an Open Boat Read by Mark Harrington 25:41
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Ch. 27 - Through a Sea of Floating Brimstone to Fiji Read by Mark Harrington 21:34
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Ch. 28 - Caught by the British at Wakaya Read by Mark Harrington 20:02
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Ch. 29 - Jailed in Fiji While Others Escape to Easter Island Read by Mark Harrington 20:21
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Ch. 30 - The Escape from New Zealand to the Smoking Isle Read by Mark Harrington 36:52
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