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You will enjoy this if you love fast adventure, bold escapes and sea voyages, or if rough heroes who learn decency win your heart.
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What happens to a man who has never done an honest day's work when he wakes in a ship's bunk, drugged and far out at sea? Billy Byrne, a hoodlum from Chicago's West Side, sets out to rob a drunken sailor in San Francisco. A few hours later he is the one who has been robbed of his freedom.
The Mucker is an adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan. It carries Billy from Chicago's alleys to a pirate plot, a wreck, a murder trial and the road to Mexico. Through it all runs one question: can a brute change, and what will it cost him?
Dans ce résumé
- 1A Chicago street fighter learns his tradeFree
- 2Shanghaied aboard the Halfmoon
- 3A pirate plot against the yacht Lotus
- 4A typhoon and a wreck on a strange shore
- 5Yoka and the warriors of old Japan
- 6A little island, a lesson, and a growing love
- 7The gulf between Grand Avenue and Riverside Drive
- 8Trial, escape, and a tramp who quotes poetry
- 9Among bandits in Mexico
- 10Class, change and a story told with a grin
Point clé 1 sur 10
A Chicago street fighter learns his trade
Billy Byrne grows up in the alleys of Chicago's West Side. At six he carries the beer pail for the older gang behind Kelly's feed store, and that is where his schooling begins.
By ten he steals brass faucets, and by twelve he robs freight cars. His first real fight, over a split of the loot, ends with a brick in his hand and a rival named Sheehan in hospital. At seventeen he learns the craft at Larry Hilmore's boxing gym, but he cannot leave the booze alone, and the holdups go on at night.
Two years after Billy rescues Patrolman Stanley Lasky, Lasky warns him that Sheehan, arrested for shooting Schneider the saloonkeeper, has named Billy as the killer. Billy did not do it, but nobody will believe that. He rides a freight west with a murder charge behind him.
Billy's roughness is taught by his surroundings, and that is why it can be unlearned.
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- LengthAbout 113,900 words
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Questions about Le Mucker
What is The Mucker about?
It follows Billy Byrne, a rough Chicago gangster who is shanghaied to sea, shipwrecked on a hidden island, and slowly changed by a captive heiress named Barbara Harding. His adventures later take him to Mexico.
What does mucker mean in the book?
Mucker is a slang word for a coarse, rough person, a bully from the city streets. Barbara uses it on Billy, and the story follows his struggle to become something better.
Who is Bridge in The Mucker?
Bridge is a gentle, educated tramp who loves poetry, especially the verses of Henry Herbert Knibbs, Kipling and Service. He travels with Billy and becomes his closest friend.
When was The Mucker written and is it a true story?
Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote it in the 1910s as a work of fiction. The hidden island of samurai and the bandit chief Pesita are invented, though the Mexican revolution forms its backdrop.
Is The Mucker worth reading?
It is a lively adventure in two parts, packed with sea voyages, fights, escapes and humor. Billy's change is a satisfying story, and the poems and varied settings keep each chapter fresh.
Cite this edition
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Mucker. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-mucker.
Burroughs, E. R. (2026). The mucker. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-mucker (Original work published 1914)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Mucker. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-mucker.
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title = {The Mucker},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1914}
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