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The Mucker

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Original author: Edgar Rice Burroughs

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"The Mucker" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a novel published in 1914-1916. Billy Byrne is a Chicago thug who lives by violence and theft until he's shanghaed aboard a ship bound for crime. When the crew kidnaps a millionaire's daughter, Billy's brutal nature begins to transform. Stranded together in a hostile jungle filled with headhunters, the hoodlum and the heiress form an unlikely bond that challenges everything Billy believed about himself and the world he came from.

The Mucker, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #331.

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35 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Billy Byrne2,843 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Shanghaied2,776 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: The Conspiracy2,673 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Piracy4,044 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: Larry Divine Unmasked2,923 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: The Mucker at Bay3,023 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: The Typhoon3,344 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: The Wreck of the “halfmoon”3,209 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Oda Yorimoto3,431 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Barbara Captured by Head-Hunters5,229 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: The Village of Yoka3,258 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: The Fight in the Palace3,383 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: A Gentleman of France3,443 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: The Mucker Sees a New Light3,101 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: The Rescue3,193 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: The Supreme Sacrifice2,390 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: Home Again2,712 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: The Gulf Between3,985 words
  1. 19.Chapter I: The Murder Trial3,060 words
  2. 20.Chapter II: The Escape3,259 words
  3. 21.Chapter III: “five Hundred Dollars Reward”2,954 words
  4. 22.Chapter IV: ON THE TRAIL. AS THEY entered the place Billy, who was2,785 words
  5. 23.Chapter V: One Turn Deserves Another3,470 words
  6. 24.Chapter VI: “baby Bandits”3,556 words
  7. 25.Chapter VII: In Pesita's Camp3,093 words
  8. 26.Chapter VIII: Billy's First Command2,908 words
  9. 27.Chapter IX: Barbara in Mexico3,059 words
  10. 28.Chapter X: Billy Cracks a Safe4,757 words
  11. 29.Chapter XI: Barbara Releases a Conspirator3,352 words
  12. 30.Chapter XII: Billy to the Rescue3,605 words
  13. 31.Chapter XIII: Barbara Again3,372 words
  14. 32.Chapter XIV: 'twixt Love and Duty3,632 words
  15. 33.Chapter XV: An Indian's Treachery3,576 words
  16. 34.Chapter XVI: Eddie Makes Good3,785 words
  17. 35.Chapter XVII: “you Are My Girl!”6,202 words