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)
Chapters
1 Ch. 1 - We Meet a Flying Buccaneer 14 min 2 Ch. 2 - Felix Runs Off To Sea 23 min 3 Ch. 3 - Saved By an Albatross 15 min 4 Ch. 4 - Salvation, Kangaroos, and Fakirs In Australia; Ch. 5 - Wrestling Champion Of Sankt Pauli 27 min 5 Ch. 6 - The Tragic Cruise of the "Caesarea" 32 min 6 Ch. 7 - The Beach Comber's Adventure With the "Panther" 13 min 7 Ch. 8 - Pitfalls For the Sailor, and the Canary That Spoke Low Deutsch 14 min 8 Ch. 9 - The Runaway Comes Home 12 min 9 Ch. 10 - From Pig-Sty Cleaner To Kaiser's Protégé 17 min 10 Ch. 11 - In the Camaroons, and the Fairy of Fuerteventura 18 min 11 Ch. 12 - Fake Norwegians for a Pirate Cruise 43 min 12 Ch. 13 - Running the British Blockade in a Hurricane 31 min 13 Ch. 14 - We Capture the "Gladys Royal" and the "Lundy Island" 22 min 14 Ch. 15 - Raiding Along the Equator, and an Interrupted Honeymoon 20 min 15 Ch. 16 - Windjammer vs. Steamer 11 min 16 Ch. 17 - The Last Cruise of the Poor Old "Pinmore" 13 min 17 Ch. 18 - The Life of a Modern Buccaneer 15 min 18 Ch. 19 - How We made Our Prisoners Walk the Plank; Ch. 20 - The Battle of the Falkland Islands 25 min 19 Ch. 21 - Racing the Enemy Around Cape Horn 19 min 20 Ch. 22 - Raiding the Pacific 13 min 21 Ch. 23 - Shipwrecked in Southern Seas 13 min 22 Ch. 24 - Castaways on a Coral Atoll 14 min 23 Ch. 25 - Let's Go Raiding Again! 11 min 24 Ch. 26 - From the Society Islands to the Cook Islands in an Open Boat 26 min 25 Ch. 27 - Through a Sea of Floating Brimstone to Fiji 22 min 26 Ch. 28 - Caught by the British at Wakaya 20 min 27 Ch. 29 - Jailed in Fiji While Others Escape to Easter Island 20 min 28 Ch. 30 - The Escape from New Zealand to the Smoking Isle 37 min
