Inselwelt. Zweiter Band. Australische Skizzen. by Friedrich Gerstäcker
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46073.html.images | 549 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46073.epub3.images | 251 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46073.epub.noimages | 257 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46073.kf8.images | 398 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46073.kindle.images | 366 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46073.txt.utf-8 | 508 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46073/pg46073-h.zip | 235 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Inselwelt. Zweiter Band. Australische Skizzen. Gesammelte Erzählungen. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 72.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Contents | Buschtreiben: John Mulligan. Die Flucht. Gentleman John. Die Känguruh-Insel -- Bilder aus den Australischen Goldminen: John Newman. Im Australischen Busch. |
| Credits |
Produced by richyfourtytwo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| Summary | "Inselwelt. Zweiter Band. Australische Skizzen" by Friedrich Gerstäcker is a collection of narratives written in the mid-19th century. The work vividly explores the life of early settlers and convicts in Australia, delving into their struggles and adventures in a rugged and often dangerous landscape. The opening narrative, featuring the police officer Mr. Tolmer, sets the stage for intriguing accounts of law enforcement and the pursuit of escaped convicts. The beginning of the narrative introduces us to the historical context of Australia as a convict colony, with Mr. Tolmer at the forefront of efforts to capture escaped prisoners. After a group of convicts goes missing, Tolmer is observed engaging in discussions with local settlers regarding the implications of convicts in their community. He devises a plan to utilize a trusted subordinate to gather intelligence on the whereabouts of the convicts, emphasizing the tension between settlers and convicts, and the constant threat the latter pose. The narrative promises to unfold in a detailed exploration of the interactions between law enforcement and outlaws in the challenging Australian bush. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Adventure stories, German |
| Subject | Pacific Area -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 46073 |
| Release Date | Jun 22, 2014 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 66 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
