The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending Ebook Tooltip Ebooks kunnen worden gelezen op uw computer en op daarvoor geschikte e-readers.
Afbeeldingen
Sla de afbeeldingen overArtikel vergelijken
- Engels
- E-book
- 9781465610997
- 24 februari 2021
- Adobe ePub
Samenvatting
My father was one of the largest landed proprietors of Kentucky, in the southwestern section of the State. That was still on the frontier of the Far West. Beyond stretched the land of enchantment and adventure—the plains, the mountains, the unbroken solitudes, the wild Indians, the buffaloes and the Golden State on the shore of the Pacific. Youngsters whose minds are occupied today with baseball and tennis and who still retain a lingering love for taffy, sixty years ago on the frontier were dreaming of wild adventures that were nearly always realized to some extent. We lived on the border line, where the onward wave of emigration broke and scattered over the vast vacancies of the West, and it is hardly saying too much to assert that fully seven boys in ten were caught and carried forward with the flood before they had gone very far in their teens. For myself, I simply gave up to the spirit of the times. At the age of fifteen I ran away from college to join an aggregation of young gentlemen but little older than myself, who enlisted under the banner of General Walker, the filibuster. The objective was the conquest of Nicaragua. The Walker expedition sailed to its destination and what followed is a matter of well known history. But for my companions and myself, numbering 120 in all, it ended in a humiliating disaster. For, as we sailed down the Mississippi River the long arm of Uncle Sam reached out and caught us, like a bunch of truant kids. I managed to elude my captors, and after various wanderings and strange experience made my way to the paternal home in a condition that made the Prodigal Son look like 30 cents. That didn’t abate the wandering fever in the slightest and in order that I might not commit myself to another Walker expedition, my father consented that I should try my luck in California and I started with his blessing and what seemed to me a liberal grub stake. I had just turned sixteen.
Productspecificaties
Inhoud
- Taal
- en
- Bindwijze
- E-book
- Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
- 24 februari 2021
- Ebook Formaat
- Adobe ePub
- Illustraties
- Met illustraties
Betrokkenen
- Hoofdauteur
- Asbury Harpending
- Hoofduitgeverij
- Library Of Alexandria
Lees mogelijkheden
- Lees dit ebook op
- Android (smartphone en tablet) | Kobo e-reader | Desktop (Mac en Windows) | iOS (smartphone en tablet) | Windows (smartphone en tablet)
Overige kenmerken
- Studieboek
- Nee
EAN
- EAN
- 9781465610997
Je vindt dit artikel in
- Categorieën
- Taal
- Engels
- Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
- Ebook
- Beschikbaarheid
- Leverbaar
- Beschikbaar in Kobo Plus
- Beschikbaar in Kobo Plus
Kies gewenste uitvoering
Prijsinformatie en bestellen
De prijs van dit product is 4 euro en 99 cent.- E-book is direct beschikbaar na aankoop
- E-books lezen is voordelig
- Dag en nacht klantenservice
- Veilig betalen
Rapporteer dit artikel
Je wilt melding doen van illegale inhoud over dit artikel:
- Ik wil melding doen als klant
- Ik wil melding doen als autoriteit of trusted flagger
- Ik wil melding doen als partner
- Ik wil melding doen als merkhouder
Geen klant, autoriteit, trusted flagger, merkhouder of partner? Gebruik dan onderstaande link om melding te doen.