Mucker

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781776588350
• Edition: 0

Edgar Rice Burroughs first gained literary acclaim with fantastical stories set in far-flung locales such as remote jungle civilizations and the planet Mars. He makes a detour into gritty urban realism in this hard-boiled novel that starts out on the mean streets of Chicago. Billy Byrne is a streetwise hustler who's down on his luck -- but before long, things take a sudden turn toward unbelievably bad. Can Billy rise above the adversity and get his act together?

Table of contents

• THE MUCKER
• Contents
• PART I
• Chapter I - Billy Byrne
• Chapter II - Shanghaied
• Chapter III - The Conspiracy
• Chapter IV - Piracy
• Chapter V - Larry Divine Unmasked
• Chapter VI - The Mucker at Bay
• Chapter VII - The Typhoon
• Chapter VIII - The Wreck of the "Halfmoon"
• Chapter IX - Oda Yorimoto
• Chapter X - Barbara Captured by Head-Hunters
• Chapter XI - The Village of Yoka
• Chapter XII - The Fight in the Palace
• Chapter XIII - A Gentleman of France
• Chapter XIV - The Mucker Sees a New Light
• Chapter XV - The Rescue
• Chapter XVI - The Supreme Sacrifice
• Chapter XVII - Home Again
• Chapter XVIII - The Gulf Between
• PART II
• Chapter I - The Murder Trial
• Chapter II - The Escape
• Chapter III - "Five Hundred Dollars Reward"
• Chapter IV - On the Trail
• Chapter V - One Turn Deserves Another
• Chapter VI - "Baby Bandits"
• Chapter VII - In Pesita's Camp
• Chapter VIII - Billy's First Command
• Chapter IX - Barbara in Mexico
• Chapter X - Billy Cracks a Safe
• Chapter XI - Barbara Releases a Conspirator
• Chapter XII - Billy to the Rescue
• Chapter XIII - Barbara Again
• Chapter XIV - 'Twixt Love and Duty
• Chapter XV - An Indian's Treachery
• Chapter XVI - Eddie Makes Good
• Chapter XVII - "You Are My Girl!"