Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan

The story follows a young man who returns from the Boer War and becomes embroiled in a plot to steal a valuable treasure. He must use his skills and resourcefulness to outwit the villains and protect the treasure. Along the way, he falls in love with a woman who is also being pursued by the thieves. The novel explores themes of adventure, loyalty, and redemption as the protagonist navigates a complex web of danger and deception.

By John Buchan · First published 1933 · Genre: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Biography · 28 chapters

Contents

• The Sweet-Singers
• Of a High-Handed Lady
• The Canongate Tolbooth
• Of a Stairhead and a Sea-Captain
• My First Coming to Virginia
• Tells of my Education
• I Become an Unpopular Character
• Red Ringan
• Various Doings in the Savannah
• I Hear an Old Song
• Gravity out of Bed
• A Word at the Harbour-Side
• I Stumble into a Great Folly
• A Wild Wager
• I Gather the Clans
• The Ford of the Rapidan
• I Retrace my Steps
• Our Adventure Receives a Recruit
• Clearwater Glen
• The Stockade Among the Pines
• A Hawk Screams in the Evening
• How a Fool Must Go his own Road
• The Horn of Diarmaid Sounds
• I Suffer the Heathen's Rage
• Events on the Hill-Side
• Shalah
• How I Strove all Night with the Devil
• How Three Souls Found their Heritage

More by John Buchan

• The Thirty-nine Steps (1915)
• Mr Standfast (1915)
• The Far Islands (1899)
• Greenmantle (1916)
• Prester John (1910)
• The Company of the Marjolaine (1908)
• A Lucid Interval (1927)
• The Lemnian (1908)
• All works by John Buchan