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John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch: Or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One-legged Soldier after the War

by A. F. Hill

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical51 chapters
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About this book

After a brutal injury at Antietam leaves him one-legged, John Smith embarks on a series of humorous and remarkable adventures, navigating life and war’s aftermath with wit and resilience. His story blends pain, courage, and unexpected comedy in a nation healing from conflict.

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51 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CHAPTER I. The Way It Happened.
03CHAPTER II. John’s Adventures with a Crazy Man.
04CHAPTER III. Proposes to Leap From a Third-Story Window.
05CHAPTER IV. Locked Up.
06CHAPTER V. Accommodated with a “Room Lower down.”
07CHAPTER VI. The Way Smith gets Bored.—An Episode.
08CHAPTER VII. John Smith’s Friend.
09CHAPTER VIII. John thought he would like to Travel.
10CHAPTER IX. Sea-Sick.—Ugh!
11CHAPTER X. The “Hub.”
12CHAPTER XI. Narrow Escape in a Row at Baltimore.

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