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Careers of Danger and Daring

English· 10:24:44· 40 chapters

In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed. Mr. Moffett
has chosen unusual and picturesque careers, and has offered dramatic scenes from the lives of the steeple climber, the diver, the balloonist,the pilot, the bridge builder, the fireman, the aerial acrobat, the wild animal trainer, the dynamite worker and lastly the locomotive driver. (Summary by annise)

And it has great pictures - ever wondered what the top of a steeple really looked like? Some listeners may find the "Wild Animal Tamer" stories distressing - I did. I would suggest you just don't download that section - the rest is well worth listening to.

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Chapters

Chapter 1
The Steeple-Climber Pt 1 In Which We Make the Acquaintance of 'Steeple Bob'
18:00
Chapter 2
The Steeple-Climber Pt 2 How They Blew Off the Top of a Steeple with Dynamite
11:58
Chapter 3
The Steeple-Climber Pt 3The Greatest Danger to a Steeple-Climber Lies in Being Startled
15:18
Chapter 4
The Steeple-Climber Pt 4 Experience of an Amateur Climbing to a Steeple-top
18:35
Chapter 5
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 1 Some First Impressions of Men Who Go Down Under the Sea
24:13
Chapter 6
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 2 A Visit to the Burying-ground of Wrecks
16:04
Chapter 7
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 3 An Afternoon of Story-telling on the Steam-pump Dunderberg
13:40
Chapter 8
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 4 Wherein We Meet Sharks, Alligators, and a Very Tough Problem in Wrecking
11:28
Chapter 9
The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 5 In Which the Author Puts on a Diving-suit and Goes Down to a Wreck
13:18
Chapter 10
The Balloonist Pt 1 Here We Visit a Balloon Farm and Talk with the Man Who Runs It
15:35
Chapter 11
The Balloonist Pt 2 Which Treats of Experiments in Steering Balloons
14:52
Chapter 12
The Balloonist Pt 3 Something About Explosive Balloons and the Wonders of Hydrogen
10:40
Chapter 13
The Balloonist Pt 4 The Story of a Boy Who Ran Away in a Big Balloon
18:03
Chapter 14
The Pilot Pt 1 Some Stirring Tales of the Sea Heard at the Pilot's Club
15:08
Chapter 15
The Pilot Pt 2 Which Shows How Pilots on the St. Lawrence Fight the Ice-floe
10:49
Chapter 16
The Pilot Pt 3 Now We Watch the Men Who Shoot the Furious Rapids at Lachine
13:55
Chapter 17
The Pilot Pt 4 What Canadian Pilots Did in the Cataracts of the Nile
14:21
Chapter 18
The Bridge-Builder Pt 1 In Which We Visit a Place of Unusual Fears and Perils
10:46
Chapter 19
The Bridge-Builder Pt 2 The Experience of Two Novices in Balancing Along Narrow Girders and Watching the 'Traveler' Gang
16:48
Chapter 20
The Bridge-Builder Pt 3 Which Tells of Men Who Have Fallen from Great Heights
16:58
Chapter 21
The Fireman Pt 1 Wherein We See a Sleeping Village Swept by a River of Fire and the Burning of a Famous Hotel
18:19
Chapter 22
The Fireman Pt 2 What Bill Brown Did in the Great Tarrant Fire
16:56
Chapter 23
The Fireman Pt 3 Here We Visit an Engine-house at Night and Chat with the Driver
12:04
Chapter 24
The Fireman Pt 4 Famous Rescues by New York Fire-boats from Red-hot Ocean Liners
19:42
Chapter 25
The Aërial Acrobat Pt 1 Showing That it Takes More Than Muscle and Skill to Work on the High Bars
14:56
Chapter 26
The Aërial Acrobat Pt 2 About Double and Triple Somersaults and the Danger of Losing Heart
13:20
Chapter 27
The Aërial Acrobat Pt 3 In Which the Author Tries His Hand with Professional Trapeze Performer
18:22
Chapter 28
The Aërial Acrobat Pt 4 Some Remarkable Falls and Narrow Escapes of Famous Athletes
12:37
Chapter 29
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 1 We Visit a Queer Resort for Circus People and Talk with a Trainer of Elephants
16:28
Chapter 30
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 2 Methods of Lion-tamers and the Story of Brutus's Attack on Mr. Bostock
16:12
Chapter 31
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 3 Bonavita Describes His Fight with Seven Lions and George Arstingstall Tells How He Conquered a Mad Elephant
17:53
Chapter 32
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 4 We See Mr. Bostock Matched Against a Wild Lion and Hear About the Tiger Rajah
14:12
Chapter 33
The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 5 We Spend a Night Among Wild Beasts and See the Dangerous Lion Black Prince
14:46
Chapter 34
The Dynamite Worker Pt 1 The Story of Some Millionaire Heroes and the World's Greatest Powder Explosion
17:02
Chapter 35
The Dynamite Worker Pt 2 We Visit a Dynamite-factory and Meet a Man Who Thinks Courage is an Accident
13:19
Chapter 36
The Dynamite Worker Pt 3 How Joshua Plumstead Stuck to His Nitro-Glycerin-Vat in an Explosion and Saved the Works
14:41
Chapter 37
The Locomotive Engineer Pt 1 How it Feels to Ride at Night on a Locomote Going Ninety Miles an Hour
19:28
Chapter 38
The Locomotive Engineer Pt 2 We Pick Up Some Engine Lore and Hear About the Death of Giddings
11:25
Chapter 39
The Locomotive Engineer Pt 3 Some Memories of the Great Record-breaking Run from Chicago to Buffalo
18:49
Chapter 40
The Locomotive Engineer Pt 4 We Hear Some Thrilling Stories at a Round-house and Reach the End of the Book
23:44

Careers of Danger and Daring

Chapters

The Steeple-Climber Pt 1 In Which We Make the Acquaintance of 'Steeple Bob'

The Steeple-Climber Pt 2 How They Blew Off the Top of a Steeple with Dynamite

The Steeple-Climber Pt 3The Greatest Danger to a Steeple-Climber Lies in Being Startled

The Steeple-Climber Pt 4 Experience of an Amateur Climbing to a Steeple-top

The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 1 Some First Impressions of Men Who Go Down Under the Sea

The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 2 A Visit to the Burying-ground of Wrecks

The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 3 An Afternoon of Story-telling on the Steam-pump Dunderberg

The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 4 Wherein We Meet Sharks, Alligators, and a Very Tough Problem in Wrecking

The Deep-Sea Diver Pt 5 In Which the Author Puts on a Diving-suit and Goes Down to a Wreck

The Balloonist Pt 1 Here We Visit a Balloon Farm and Talk with the Man Who Runs It

The Balloonist Pt 2 Which Treats of Experiments in Steering Balloons

The Balloonist Pt 3 Something About Explosive Balloons and the Wonders of Hydrogen

The Balloonist Pt 4 The Story of a Boy Who Ran Away in a Big Balloon

The Pilot Pt 1 Some Stirring Tales of the Sea Heard at the Pilot's Club

The Pilot Pt 2 Which Shows How Pilots on the St. Lawrence Fight the Ice-floe

The Pilot Pt 3 Now We Watch the Men Who Shoot the Furious Rapids at Lachine

The Pilot Pt 4 What Canadian Pilots Did in the Cataracts of the Nile

The Bridge-Builder Pt 1 In Which We Visit a Place of Unusual Fears and Perils

The Bridge-Builder Pt 2 The Experience of Two Novices in Balancing Along Narrow Girders and Watching the 'Traveler' Gang

The Bridge-Builder Pt 3 Which Tells of Men Who Have Fallen from Great Heights

The Fireman Pt 1 Wherein We See a Sleeping Village Swept by a River of Fire and the Burning of a Famous Hotel

The Fireman Pt 2 What Bill Brown Did in the Great Tarrant Fire

The Fireman Pt 3 Here We Visit an Engine-house at Night and Chat with the Driver

The Fireman Pt 4 Famous Rescues by New York Fire-boats from Red-hot Ocean Liners

The Aërial Acrobat Pt 1 Showing That it Takes More Than Muscle and Skill to Work on the High Bars

The Aërial Acrobat Pt 2 About Double and Triple Somersaults and the Danger of Losing Heart

The Aërial Acrobat Pt 3 In Which the Author Tries His Hand with Professional Trapeze Performer

The Aërial Acrobat Pt 4 Some Remarkable Falls and Narrow Escapes of Famous Athletes

The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 1 We Visit a Queer Resort for Circus People and Talk with a Trainer of Elephants

The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 2 Methods of Lion-tamers and the Story of Brutus's Attack on Mr. Bostock

The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 3 Bonavita Describes His Fight with Seven Lions and George Arstingstall Tells How He Conquered a Mad Elephant

The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 4 We See Mr. Bostock Matched Against a Wild Lion and Hear About the Tiger Rajah

The Wild Beast Tamer Pt 5 We Spend a Night Among Wild Beasts and See the Dangerous Lion Black Prince

The Dynamite Worker Pt 1 The Story of Some Millionaire Heroes and the World's Greatest Powder Explosion

The Dynamite Worker Pt 2 We Visit a Dynamite-factory and Meet a Man Who Thinks Courage is an Accident

The Dynamite Worker Pt 3 How Joshua Plumstead Stuck to His Nitro-Glycerin-Vat in an Explosion and Saved the Works

The Locomotive Engineer Pt 1 How it Feels to Ride at Night on a Locomote Going Ninety Miles an Hour

The Locomotive Engineer Pt 2 We Pick Up Some Engine Lore and Hear About the Death of Giddings

The Locomotive Engineer Pt 3 Some Memories of the Great Record-breaking Run from Chicago to Buffalo

The Locomotive Engineer Pt 4 We Hear Some Thrilling Stories at a Round-house and Reach the End of the Book