Sports & Recreation
Woodcraft
George Washington Sears, who many know better by his pen name "Nessmuk", was an outdoor writer during the last half of the 19th ce…
The Book of Camping and Woodcraft
In the Introduction to Camping and Woodcraft, Horace Kephart wrote: “My one aim in writing this little book is to make it of practical servi…
American Big-Game Hunting
The first book published by The Boone and Crockett Club founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Grinnell, who declared in their Editors Not…
Scrambles Amongst the Alps
Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1…
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
"Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada" is a memoir by Clarence King of his adventures and work with the California Geological Surve…
The Ascent of Denali
The story of the First Ascent of Denali by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper and Robert Tatum in 1913, recorded in celebration of …
An Angler's Hours
One of the classic British books about angling. The author’s love was fly fishing—“…while there are trout, life is worth living…” but he was…
Seabiscuit Horse Races
Enjoy a collection of five thrilling horse race broadcasts featuring the legendary Seabiscuit. These broadcasts capture the excitement and d…
The Exploits and Triumphs of Paul Morphy
Paul Morphy, born in New Orleans in 1837, was considered the greatest chess player of his era. He was a child prodigy who learned playing ch…
Greek Athletics
The history of Greek athletics as it pertains to the Olympics. Describes various activities such as boxing, wrestling, etc. and accounts fro…
The Compleat Angler
The Compleat Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fl…
Pleasure Cycling
"In this little book, the writer, looking back to his own days of inexperience in cycling, has endeavored to furnish some useful inform…
Coffee Break Collection
This is the 27th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes…
Good Hunting
Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most passionate of natural conservationsts having establish five national parks, 18 national monuments, an…
Camp and Trail
Stewart Edward White was a popular and respected novelist who set his stories on the western frontier and in the wilderness. For his novels …
With Swag and Billy
A guide to hikes around Sydney, Australia, from the early years of the twentieth century. In 1895, Henry J. Tompkins and William Mogford Ham…
The Complete Golfer
Here is the complete book about golf, as played in the early 1900s. The author was a successful competitive golfer, winning The Open Champio…
Amid the High Hills
A regular contributor to magazines and periodicals on outdoor pursuits, in this work, Fraser discusses salmon fishing, deer stalking, fauna …
Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket
R. G. "Dick" Barlow was one of the most accomplished all-round cricketers of the late 19th Century. For many years he opened the b…
My Thirty Years In Baseball
The autobiography of John Joseph McGraw, another one of the "greats" of baseball. McGraw, along with Casey Stengel, has managed t…