Count Luckner, The Sea Devil

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English · 1927 · 9h 19m · War & Military, Biography & Autobiography, Travel

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