XVII THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT 123 XVIII THE HERO-STATESMAN 131 XIX THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 138 XX LORD STRATHCONA 142 XXI THE SEA HUNTERS 148 XXII THE BUSHRANGERS 156 XXIII THE PASSING OF THE BISON 162 XXIV GORDON 173 XXV THE OUTLAW 179 XXVI A KING AT TWENTY-FIVE 186 XXVII JOURNEY OF EWART GROGAN 194 XXVIII THE COWBOY PRESIDENT 202 XXIX THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE 208 XXX JOHN HAWKINS 215 XXXI FRANCIS DRAKE 219 XXXII THE FOUR ARMADAS 223 XXXIII SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT 231 XXXIV SIR WALTER RALEIGH 234 XXXV CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 237 XXXVI THE BUCCANEERS 246 XXXVII THE VOYAGEURS 252 XXXVIII THE EXPLORERS 260 XXXIX THE PIRATES 266 XL DANIEL BOONE 272 XLI ANDREW JACKSON 280 XLII SAM HOUSTON 282 XLIII DAVY CROCKETT 285 XLIV ALEXANDER MACKENZIE 292 XLV THE WHITE MAN’S COMING 298 XLVI THE BEAVER 302 XLVII THE CONQUEST OF THE POLES 307 XLVIII WOMEN 315 XLIX THE CONQUERORS OF INDIA 321 L THE MAN WHO SHOT LORD NELSON 327 LI THE FALL OF NAPOLEON 333 LII RISING WOLF 340 LIII SIMON BOLIVAR 350 LIV THE ALMIRANTE COCHRANE 357 LV THE SOUTH SEA CANNIBALS 363 LVI A TALE OF VENGEANCE 371 CAPTAINS OF ADVENTURE