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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Ch. 1 - We Meet a Flying Buccaneer
14:15 - Chapter 2
Ch. 2 - Felix Runs Off To Sea
22:32 - Chapter 3
Ch. 3 - Saved By an Albatross
14:52 - Chapter 4
Ch. 4 - Salvation, Kangaroos, and Fakirs In Australia; Ch. 5 - Wrestling Champion Of Sankt Pauli
26:45 - Chapter 5
Ch. 6 - The Tragic Cruise of the "Caesarea"
32:02 - Chapter 6
Ch. 7 - The Beach Comber's Adventure With the "Panther"
13:03 - Chapter 7
Ch. 8 - Pitfalls For the Sailor, and the Canary That Spoke Low Deutsch
14:22 - Chapter 8
Ch. 9 - The Runaway Comes Home
12:20 - Chapter 9
Ch. 10 - From Pig-Sty Cleaner To Kaiser's Protégé
16:57 - Chapter 10
Ch. 11 - In the Camaroons, and the Fairy of Fuerteventura
18:16 - Chapter 11
Ch. 12 - Fake Norwegians for a Pirate Cruise
42:50 - Chapter 12
Ch. 13 - Running the British Blockade in a Hurricane
31:03 - Chapter 13
Ch. 14 - We Capture the "Gladys Royal" and the "Lundy Island"
22:28 - Chapter 14
Ch. 15 - Raiding Along the Equator, and an Interrupted Honeymoon
19:35 - Chapter 15
Ch. 16 - Windjammer vs. Steamer
10:45 - Chapter 16
Ch. 17 - The Last Cruise of the Poor Old "Pinmore"
13:04 - Chapter 17
Ch. 18 - The Life of a Modern Buccaneer
15:04 - Chapter 18
Ch. 19 - How We made Our Prisoners Walk the Plank; Ch. 20 - The Battle of the Falkland Islands
24:49 - Chapter 19
Ch. 21 - Racing the Enemy Around Cape Horn
18:51 - Chapter 20
Ch. 22 - Raiding the Pacific
12:32 - Chapter 21
Ch. 23 - Shipwrecked in Southern Seas
13:15 - Chapter 22
Ch. 24 - Castaways on a Coral Atoll
14:14 - Chapter 23
Ch. 25 - Let's Go Raiding Again!
10:49 - Chapter 24
Ch. 26 - From the Society Islands to the Cook Islands in an Open Boat
25:41 - Chapter 25
Ch. 27 - Through a Sea of Floating Brimstone to Fiji
21:34 - Chapter 26
Ch. 28 - Caught by the British at Wakaya
20:02 - Chapter 27
Ch. 29 - Jailed in Fiji While Others Escape to Easter Island
20:21 - Chapter 28
Ch. 30 - The Escape from New Zealand to the Smoking Isle
36:52