This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Jack Langdon Saves Russia In a Fourth of July Farce
A boy in the Russian province of V. helps thwart a Nihilist plot to destroy the grand duke and confiscates dynamite packs hidden as clocks. He later negotiates Petronchka’s release and wins a governor’s order allowing a fireworks celebration on the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Langdon
Russia
Alexis Alexandrovitch
Langdon
M. Langdon
America
Mr. Langdon
Grand Duke
Jack
United States
Petronchka
Uncle Petronchka
Petronehka
Bacherga Jack
Moscow
Anton
Michael Dimitrovitch
Feodor Michaelovitch
Feodor
Ronchka
Ivan Ivanovitch Langdon
Ivan Ivanovitch
Ivan Tvanovitch