Thomas Myne Reid (1818–1883) was an English writer who influenced the work of such famous authors as Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry Rider Haggard. Jack London was also fond of his works. M. Reed's novels and stories are full of romantic adventures and entertaining plots. Vivid pictures of wild nature, dizzying journeys to exotic countries, the struggle of courageous people for freedom and justice, knightly love and, next to it, villainy - all this is so tempting that the reader is immersed in the multifaceted world created by the author. The famous African explorer David Livingston wrote this in his last letter from the African jungle: “Readers of Mayne Reid’s books are the stuff from which travelers are made.” Volume I of the three-volume edition of the author’s selected works. Contents: Free shootersScalp huntersWhite leaderQuarteronka, or Adventures on In the Far WestOceola, Chief of the SeminolesSea Wolf Cub, or Journey at the Bottom of the HoldHunting the Leviathan HIMALAYAN DILOGY (cycle): “Plant Hunters, or Adventures in the Himalayan Mountains”, “Rock Crawlers, or a Hut Lost in the Himalayas”. SEA DILOGY (cycle): “At Sea,” “Lost in the Ocean.” SOUTH AFRICAN TRILOGY (cycle): “In the Wilds of South Africa, or the Adventures of a Boer and His Family,” “Young Hunters, or a Tale of Adventure in South Africa,” “Giraffe Hunters.” HUNTER BOYS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI SHORES (cycle): “In Search of the White Buffalo,” “Hudson Bay.”