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Dick Merriwell's Pranks; or, Lively Times in the Orient
It follows the adventures of Dick Merriwell and his companion, Bradley Buckhart, as they travel with their professor through exotic locations like Constantinople.
"Dick Merriwell's Pranks; Or, Lively Times in the Orient" by Burt L. Standish is a novel. It follows the adventures of Dick Merriwell and his companion, Bradley Buckhart, as they travel with their professor through exotic locations like Constantinople.
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The steamer had crossed the Sea of Marmora and entered the Bosporus. It was approaching Constantinople. On the right lay Asia, on the left Europe. Either shore was lined with beautiful mosques and palaces, the fairylike towers and minarets gleaming in the sunshine.
The deck was crowded with people eagerly gazing on the bewitching scene. From that point of view it was a land of enchantment, strange, mysterious, fascinating. Shipping from all quarters of the globe lay in the splendid harbor.
Among the crowd on deck were two boys who were making a European tour in charge of Professor Zenas Gunn, of the Fardale Military Academy, from which one of the students had been unjustly expelled. This was Dick Merriwell, the younger brother of the former great Yale athlete and scholar, Frank Merriwell.
With Dick was his chum and former roommate at Fardale, Bradley Buckhart, of Texas.
“What do you think of it, Brad?” asked Dick, placing a hand on the shoulder of his comrade, who was leaning on the rail and staring at the bewildering panorama.
“Pard,” he answered, “she beats my dreams a whole lot. I certain didn’t allow that the country of the ‘unspeakable Turk’ could be half as beautiful.”
“Wait until we get on shore before you form an opinion,” laughed Dick. “It certainly is beautiful from here, but I have reasons to believe that things will not seem so beautiful on closer inspection.”
Contents
- 01Dick Merriwell’s Pranks
- 02Contents
- 03Chapter I—In the Bosporus
- 04Chapter II—In Persia
- 05Chapter III—The Persistence of Achmet
- 06Chapter IV—The Challenge
- 07Chapter V—In the Cemetery
- 08Chapter VI—The Sights of Stamboul
- 09Chapter VII—Lost on the Buried Lake
- 10Chapter VIII—On the Way to Damascus
- 11Chapter IX—The Struggle at the Station
- 12Chapter X—The Green-Eyed Monster
- 13Chapter XI—A Man of Command
- 14Chapter XII—Between Life and Death
- 15Chapter XIII—Inward Torture
- 16Chapter XIV—Dick Disobeys
- 17Chapter XV—Purchasing a Human Being
- 18Chapter XVI—The Sword Is Stained
- 19Chapter XVII—A Position of Peril
- 20Chapter XVIII—In a Deadly Trap
- 21Chapter XIX—Brad and Nadia
- 22Chapter XX—The Flight
- 23Chapter XXI—Saved by Prayer
- 24Chapter XXII—In the Desert
- 25Chapter XXIII—The Fount of Fury
- 26Chapter XXIV—The Fate of a Foe
- 27Chapter XXV—Sunset from the Citadel
- 28Chapter XXVI—Some Interesting Conversation
- 29Chapter XXVII—The Professor’s Game
- 30Chapter XXVIII—In Bunol’s Power
- 31Chapter XXIX—The Pursuit on the River
- 32Chapter XXX—His Just Deserts
About this edition
- Author
- Burt L. Standish
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 248 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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