Project Gutenberg 2022-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 157 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne The island pirate, a tale of the Mississippi $aUnited States :$bBeadle and Adams, Publishers,$c1874. Beadle's pocket novels No. 10 Originally published under title: The planter pirate, a souvenir of the Mississippi. Other editions published under title: The land pirates, or, The league of Devil's Island. David Edwards, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library) "The Island Pirate: A Tale of the Mississippi" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows an adventurous traveler as he journeys through the Mississippi Valley, encountering various characters, vibrant landscapes, and intriguing situations, with a particular focus on the notorious pirate and robber Murrell, who has a reputation for his violent exploits along the rivers. The opening of the tale introduces the protagonist, a young and enthusiastic traveler venturing into the Mississippi Valley. He reminisces about his past adventures amidst the contrasting beauty and brutality of the region, which sets the stage for his current expedition. Shortly after his arrival, he meets a local planter who offers to show him around, leading to an invitation to visit a cotton plantation. The traveler soon learns about the shadowy figure of Murrell, a criminal figure linked to piracy and lawlessness in the area, suggesting that his journey will intertwine with dark undertones of crime and moral ambiguity in the Mississippi River's historical backdrop. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels:196470/datastream/PDF 20200401180938reid 1874 us Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure stories Pirates -- Fiction Dime novels Mississippi River Valley -- Fiction Plantation life -- Fiction Boat living -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 249885 2025-07-27T09:54:23.136124 text/html 228930 2024-10-19T00:53:15 text/html 168723 2025-07-27T09:54:27.369051 application/epub+zip 171924 2025-07-27T09:54:24.037074 application/epub+zip 165660 2025-07-27T09:54:23.655105 application/epub+zip 251021 2025-07-27T09:54:29.755054 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242028 2025-07-27T09:54:26.897071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236075 2022-09-24T10:00:24.287842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234214 2025-07-27T09:54:22.739098 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 214195 2024-10-19T00:53:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18107 2025-07-27T09:54:29.929073 application/rdf+xml 18153 2025-07-27T09:54:23.756102 image/jpeg 3119 2025-07-27T09:54:23.700080 image/jpeg 162305 2025-07-27T09:54:23.159110 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia