L.A. Mulnix, Publisher: Classic Travel Tales

Isabella L. Bird’s story “Donner Lake” from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

Isabella L. Bird’s story “Meeting Mountain Jim” from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

Isabella L. Bird’s story “The Wild West” from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

Isabella L. Bird’s story “Climbing Long’s Peak” from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

Nellie Bly’s story “Meeting Jules Verne” from Around the World in Seventy-two Days (1890)

Nellie Bly’s story “Exotic Aden” from Around the World in Seventy-two Days (1890)

Nellie Bly’s story “Seasickness” from Around the World in Seventy-two Days (1890)

Nellie Bly’s story “About in Colombo” from Around the World in Seventy-two Days (1890)

Fred Burnaby’s story “Kirghiz Marriage” from A Ride to Khiva (1877)

Richard Henry Dana’s story “Loss of a Man” from Two Years Before the Mast (1840)

Richard Henry Dana’s story “A Flogging” from Two Years Before the Mast (1840)

Richard Henry Dana’s story “Easter in Santa Barbara” from Two Years Before the Mast (1840)

Richard Henry Dana’s story “Exploring San Diego” from Two Years Before the Mast (1840)

Charles Dickens’s story “The Passage Home” from American Notes (1842)

Charles Dickens’s story “To Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat” from American Notes (1842)

Richard Halliburton’s story “Faraway Andorra” from The Royal Road to Romance (1925)

Jack London’s story “The Nature Man” from The Cruise of the Snark (1911)

Herman Melville’s story “The Feast of the Calabashes” from Typee (1846)

Richard Henry Dana’s story “Loss of a Man” from Two Years Before the Mast (1840)

Mark Twain’s story “A Disturbing Incident” from Following the Equator (1897)

Charles Dickens’s story “The Passage Home” from American Notes (1842)

Fred Burnaby’s story “Kirghiz Marriage” from A Ride to Khiva (1877)

Joshua Slocum’s story “Samoan Paradise” from Sailing Alone Around the World (1900)

Isabella L. Bird’s story “Donner Lake” from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

Nellie Bly’s story “Meeting Jules Verne” from Around the World in Seventy-two Days (1890)

Robert Louis Stevenson’s story “Lost in the Dark” from Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879)

Theodore Roosevelt’s story “Murder on the River of Doubt” from Through the Brazilian Wilderness (1914)

John Muir’s story “Camping Among the Tombs” from A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (1916)

Henry David Thoreau’s story “Uncle George's Place” from The Maine Woods (1864)

Isabella L. Bird’s story “Climbing Long’s Peak” from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

Jack London’s story “The Nature Man” from The Cruise of the Snark (1911)

Richard Halliburton’s story “Faraway Andorra” from The Royal Road to Romance (1925)

Mark Twain’s story “Lost in a Blizzard” from Roughing It (1872)

Isabella L. Bird’s story “The Wild West” from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

Nellie Bly’s story “About in Colombo” from Around the World in Seventy-two Days (1890)

Mark Twain’s story “Athens by Stealth” from The Innocents Abroad (1869)

Isabella L. Bird’s story “Meeting Mountain Jim” from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

Herman Melville’s story “The Feast of the Calabashes” from Typee (1846)

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John Muir’s story “Camping Among the Tombs” from A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (1916)

Theodore Roosevelt’s story “Murder on the River of Doubt” from Through the Brazilian Wilderness (1914)

Joshua Slocum’s story “Samoan Paradise” from Sailing Alone Around the World (1900)

Joshua Slocum’s story “Encountering Black Pedro” from Sailing Alone Around the World (1900)

Robert Louis Stevenson’s story “Lost in the Dark” from Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879)

Robert Louis Stevenson’s story “Bouchet St. Nicholas” from Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879)

Robert Louis Stevenson’s story “La Fère of Cursed Memory” from An Inland Voyage (1879)

Henry David Thoreau’s story “Uncle George’s Place” from The Maine Woods (1864)

Mark Twain’s story “Tarantulas on the Loose” from Roughing It (1872)

Mark Twain’s story “Lost in a Blizzard” from Roughing It (1872)

Mark Twain’s story “A Disturbing Incident” from Following the Equator (1897)

Mark Twain’s story “Athens by Stealth” from The Innocents Abroad (1869)

Mark Twain’s story “An Awkward Encounter” from A Tramp Abroad (1880)

Mark Twain’s story “Journey to Benares” from Following the Equator (1897)

Mark Twain’s story “Carson City 1861” from Roughing It (1872)

Mark Twain’s story “Lake Tahoe” from Roughing It (1872)

Mark Twain’s story “An Archangel” from Life on the Mississippi (1883)

Mark Twain’s story “A Sleepless Night” from A Tramp Abroad (1880)

Mark Twain’s story “By Train in India” from Following the Equator (1897)