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Author: Harold Frederic Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 420
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It was the coldest morning of the winter, thus far, and winter is no joke on those northern tablelands, where the streams still run black in token of their forest origin, and old men remember how the deer used to be driven to their clearings for food, when the snow had piled itself breast high through the fastnesses of the Adirondacks. The wilderness had been chopped and burned backward out of sight since their pioneer days, but this change, if anything, served only to add greater bitterness to the winter's cold. Certainly it seemed to Job Parshall that this was the coldest morning he had ever known. It would be bad enough when daylight came, but the darkness of this early hour made it almost too much for flesh and blood to bear. There had been a stray star or two visible overhead when he first came out-of-doors at half-past four, but even these were missing now.
Author: Harold Frederic Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 420
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It was the coldest morning of the winter, thus far, and winter is no joke on those northern tablelands, where the streams still run black in token of their forest origin, and old men remember how the deer used to be driven to their clearings for food, when the snow had piled itself breast high through the fastnesses of the Adirondacks. The wilderness had been chopped and burned backward out of sight since their pioneer days, but this change, if anything, served only to add greater bitterness to the winter's cold. Certainly it seemed to Job Parshall that this was the coldest morning he had ever known. It would be bad enough when daylight came, but the darkness of this early hour made it almost too much for flesh and blood to bear. There had been a stray star or two visible overhead when he first came out-of-doors at half-past four, but even these were missing now.
Author: Frederic Harold Publisher: Hardpress Publishing ISBN: 9781318075805 Category : Languages : en Pages : 240
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Harold Frederic Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331622102 Category : Languages : en Pages : 410
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Excerpt from The Deserter and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars The crusted snow in the barnyard did throw up a wee, faint light Of its own, for all the blackness of the Sky, but Job carried, besides a bucket, a lantern to help him in his impending struggle with the pump. This ancient contrivance had been ice-bound every morning for a fortnight past, and one needn't be the Son of a prophet to foresee that this morning it would be frozen as stiff as a rock. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Harold Frederic Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 177
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars" by Harold Frederic. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Harold Frederic Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781533628060 Category : Languages : en Pages : 114
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Harold Frederic (born Harold Henry Frederick; August 19, 1856 - October 19, 1898) was an American journalist and novelist. Frederic was born in Utica, New York, to Presbyterian parents. After his father was killed in a railroad accident when Frederic was 18 months old, the boy was raised primarily by his mother. He finished school at age fifteen, and soon began work as a photographer. For four years he was a photographic touch-up artist in his hometown and in Boston. In 1875 he began work as a proofreader for the newspaper The Utica Herald and then The Utica Daily Observer. Frederic later became a reporter. Frederic married Grace Green Williams in 1877, and they had five children together. By 1882 he was editor of the newspaper The Albany Evening Journal in the state capital. In 1884 Frederic went to live in England as London correspondent of the New York Times, and worked at this position for the rest of his life. He brought his family to London by 1889. Afterward he met Kate Lyon, who became his mistress. Frederic and Lyon established a second household, living openly together; and they had three illegitimate children. Frederic wrote several early stories, but it was not until he published Illumination (1896), better known by its American title, The Damnation of Theron Ware; followed by Gloria Mundi (1898), that his talent as a novelist was fully realized. Critic Jonathan Yardley called Damnation "a minor classic of realism." Kate Lyon was a Christian Scientist. When Frederic suffered a stroke in 1898, she tried to cure him by faith healing.After his death, she was tried on charges of manslaughter brought by his wife Grace Frederic, and acquitted at trial.
Author: Harold Frederic Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag ISBN: 3849649423 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Two of the four stories contained are founded on incidents of the American Civil War; these are entitled "The deserter" and "A day in the wilderness." The others are called "How Dickson came by his name " and " Where Avon in Severn flows." They are supposed to be episodes of England's War of the Roses. The heroism in them is real and the characters are alive. And surely one need not go outside of probability to find romance.
Author: Norma Huss Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781979141178 Category : Languages : en Pages : 162
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The Deserter and Other Stories is a collection that varies from flash fiction to novelette. Taking place from 1813 to present day, the stories range from tall tale to reimagined memory to mystery to humor, with characters from child to ghost. The title story takes the reader to a Chesapeake Bay fishing village during the War of 1812. The next group of stories range from a flash fiction tall tale in 1926 Alaska to a man on the run humming a 1970s pop tune to a child in 1941 knowing the world will never change to a 1990s eerie mystery with unexpected photos. The final group of stories takes place in the 21st century. A driving lesson ends most unexpectedly, a baglady discovers an intruder, then a retired shrimper proves his undying love. The final story returns to Chesapeake Bay where the restoration of an old ship meets murder and deep-fried turkey. Crab appetizer recipes included.
Author: Harold Frederic
Author: Harold Frederic
Author: Harold Frederic
Author: Frederic Harold
Author: Harold Frederic
Author: Harold Frederic
Author: Harold Frederic
Author: Harold Frederic
Author: Harold Frederic
Author: Norma Huss
Author: Harold Frederic