The Peril Finders: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Peril Finders, credited to George Manville Fenn, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Peril Finders, by George Manville Fenn (1831 - 1909). In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are failing. A prospector arrives and tells stories of ancient cities where there is a lot of gold. He then dies. Some of the settlers decide to go and search for the gold. They have long distances to travel and meet many challenges along the way. They eventually reach one of these cities and find evidence that it has been abandoned by invaders hundreds or thousands of years ago. They then get attacked by Apaches but manage to beat them off and carry on. After spending several years travelling they decide to go back to California where they find that all the other settlers have left, but the fruit farms are blossoming. (Summary by Michele Eaton)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Peril Finders
• Author credits: George Manville Fenn
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 56
• Listed recording duration: 16:21:38

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• historical
• adventure
• California
• gold

Opening tracks: first 24 of 56

1. 01 - Chapter 1 The Western Paradise — 12:41
2. 02 - Chapter 2 Our Yankee Neighbour — 7:15
3. 03 - Chapter 3 The Man From the Wilderness — 19:27
4. 04 - Chapter 4 Went off to Sleep — 8:46
5. 05 - Chapter 5 A Piece of Skin — 26:46
6. 06 - Chapter 6 A Wild Goose Chase — 22:17
7. 07 - Chapter 7 All For Gold — 21:42
8. 08 - Chapter 8 Shutting Up Shop — 19:29
9. 09 - Chapter 9 A Night Scare — 22:26
10. 10 - Chapter 10 On the Way — 13:54
11. 11 - Chapter 11 Ned Sees Something — 29:21
12. 12 - Chapter 12 Chris Has a Fit — 11:45
13. 13 - Chapter 13 In a Strange Nest — 8:25
14. 14 - Chapter 14 A Fight with the Enemy — 17:48
15. 15 - Chapter 15 Dry Fishing — 24:04
16. 16 - Chapter 16 Saddle Naps — 26:32
17. 17 - Chapter 17 Water Water Everywhere but- — 16:00
18. 18 - Chapter 18 Peace and Plenty — 24:41
19. 19 - Chapter 19 Dismount!-Quick! — 22:01
20. 20 - Chapter 20 Dangerous Neighbours — 13:43
21. 21 - Chapter 21 On the Trail — 12:10
22. 22 - Chapter 22 Bear and Buffalo — 25:53
23. 23 - Chapter 23 A Bivouac — 12:30
24. 24 - Chapter 24 A Night Visitor — 19:49

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