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Vagabond Adventures

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

Year of Publication: 1870Genres: Humor , History , Biography & Autobiography

Running Time: 05 hours 20 minutes 33 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	BOOK I. AMONG WHARVES AND CABINS. CHAPTER I. Prefatory John Greenman	3:49
2	CHAPTER II. Family Matters John Greenman	12:10
3	CHAPTER III. A Fugitive John Greenman	13:20
4	CHAPTER IV. A Stormy Time John Greenman	16:08
5	CHAPTER V. A Boy’s Paradise John Greenman	7:44
6	CHAPTER VI. The Contumely of Captains John Greenman	10:09
7	CHAPTER VII. Almost a Tragedy John Greenman	10:56
8	CHAPTER VIII. Taken Prisoner John Greenman	11:03
9	CHAPTER IX. Squalor John Greenman	11:38
10	CHAPTER X. A Final Triumph John Greenman	11:26
11	BOOK II. THREE YEARS AS A NEGRO-MINSTREL. CHAPTER I. My First Company John Greenman	8:57
12	CHAPTER II. I become a Beneficiary John Greenman	10:14
13	CHAPTER III. The Fate of the Serenaders John Greenman	15:39
14	CHAPTER IV. The Trials and Triumphs of the “Booker Troupe” John Greenman	19:13
15	CHAPTER V. The Last of the “Booker Troupe” John Greenman	13:28
16	CHAPTER VI. “The Mitchells” John Greenman	22:05
17	CHAPTER VII. On the Floating Palace John Greenman	17:37
18	CHAPTER VIII. Wild Life John Greenman	21:58
19	CHAPTER IX. The Performer Socially John Greenman	11:13
20	CHAPTER X. Adieu to the Stage John Greenman	8:41
21	BOOK III. THE TOUR OF EUROPE FOR $181 IN CURRENCY. CHAPTER I. Starting on a Cattle-Train John Greenman	8:43
22	CHAPTER II. Taking to European Ways John Greenman	14:31
23	CHAPTER III. Student Life and Wanderings John Greenman	15:17
24	CHAPTER IV. A Fight with Famine John Greenman	13:48
25	CHAPTER V. The Conclusion John Greenman	10:46