Vagabond Adventures
Ralph Keeler
Play
Length 5 h 21 min
Chapters 25
First published 1870
Ralph Keeler failed as a novelist, but this autobiography reflects a life well-lived with humor and adventure. Keeler was in the same literary circle as satirist Bret Harte, novelist Charles Warren Stoddard, editor Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and essayist William Dean Howells. He so impressed Mark Twain that Twain wrote an essay about him called "Ralph Keeler". In 1873, on his way to Cuba, he reportedly was thrown overboard by a Spanish loyalist who objected to his backing of the revolutionary, anti-Spanish movement. - Summary by John Greenman
Chapters
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BOOK I. AMONG WHARVES AND CABINS. CHAPTER I. Prefatory Read by John Greenman 3:49
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CHAPTER II. Family Matters Read by John Greenman 12:10
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CHAPTER III. A Fugitive Read by John Greenman 13:20
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CHAPTER IV. A Stormy Time Read by John Greenman 16:08
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CHAPTER V. A Boy’s Paradise Read by John Greenman 7:44
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CHAPTER VI. The Contumely of Captains Read by John Greenman 10:09
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CHAPTER VII. Almost a Tragedy Read by John Greenman 10:56
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CHAPTER VIII. Taken Prisoner Read by John Greenman 11:03
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CHAPTER IX. Squalor Read by John Greenman 11:38
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CHAPTER X. A Final Triumph Read by John Greenman 11:26
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BOOK II. THREE YEARS AS A NEGRO-MINSTREL. CHAPTER I. My First Company Read by John Greenman 8:57
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CHAPTER II. I become a Beneficiary Read by John Greenman 10:14
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CHAPTER III. The Fate of the Serenaders Read by John Greenman 15:39
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CHAPTER IV. The Trials and Triumphs of the “Booker Troupe” Read by John Greenman 19:13
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CHAPTER V. The Last of the “Booker Troupe” Read by John Greenman 13:28
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CHAPTER VI. “The Mitchells” Read by John Greenman 22:05
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CHAPTER VII. On the Floating Palace Read by John Greenman 17:37
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CHAPTER VIII. Wild Life Read by John Greenman 21:58
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CHAPTER IX. The Performer Socially Read by John Greenman 11:13
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CHAPTER X. Adieu to the Stage Read by John Greenman 8:41
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BOOK III. THE TOUR OF EUROPE FOR $181 IN CURRENCY. CHAPTER I. Starting on a Cattle-Train Read by John Greenman 8:43
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CHAPTER II. Taking to European Ways Read by John Greenman 14:31
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CHAPTER III. Student Life and Wanderings Read by John Greenman 15:17
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CHAPTER IV. A Fight with Famine Read by John Greenman 13:48
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CHAPTER V. The Conclusion Read by John Greenman 10:46
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