Author: Arthur B. Reeve Publisher: ISBN: 9781331206941 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 346
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Excerpt from The Treasure Train "I Am not by nature a spy, Professor Kennedy, but - well, sometimes one is forced into something like that." Maude Euston, who had sought out Craig in his laboratory, was a striking girl, not merely because she was pretty or because her gown was modish. Perhaps it was her sincerity and artlessness that made her attractive. She was the daughter of Barry Euston, president of the Continental Express Company, and one could readily see why, aside from the position her father held, she should be among the most-sought-after young women in the city. Miss Euston looked straight into Kennedy's eyes as she added, without waiting for him to ask a question: "Yesterday I heard something that has made me think a great deal. You know, we live at the St. Germaine when we are in town. I've noticed for several months past that the lobbies are full of strange, foreign-looking people. 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: Arthur Benjamin Reeve Publisher: Palala Press ISBN: 9781357098612 Category : Languages : en Pages : 358
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Author: Arthur B. Reeve Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 241
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The Treasure-Train' is a collection of thrilling scientific short stories about Professor Craig Kennedy and his sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter. Arthur Reeve was an American mystery writer best known for creating these two characters, and his Professor Kennedy is often called "The American Sherlock Holmes".
Author: William L. Withuhn Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253039355 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 738
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For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.
Author: Iona Opie Publisher: Pavilion Books, Limited ISBN: 9781857936247 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 190
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This survey covers virtually every aspect of childhood and every type of book, toy, game and diversion. Over a period of 40 years, Iona and Peter Opie assembled a collection of 20,000 rare children's books, comics and other printed material. The Opie's also have a substantial collection of toys and games, most of them in mint condition and often still in their original packaging. Text on the early children's books, the classic Victorian illustrated books and the magazines and comics is provided by Brian Alderson, while Peter Opie's widow, Iona, and their son, Robert, examine the non-book items via themes. Iona Opie, together with her late husband, has published such books on children's literature as The Oxford Dictionary of Nursey Rhymes and The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.
Author: Ayelet Waldman Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0385533551 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 398
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A spellbinding new novel of contraband masterpieces, tragic love, and the unexpected legacies of forgotten crimes, Ayelet Waldman’s Love and Treasure weaves a tale around the fascinating, true history of the Hungarian Gold Train in the Second World War. In 1945 on the outskirts of Salzburg, victorious American soldiers capture a train filled with unspeakable riches: piles of fine gold watches; mountains of fur coats; crates filled with wedding rings, silver picture frames, family heirlooms, and Shabbat candlesticks passed down through generations. Jack Wiseman, a tough, smart New York Jew, is the lieutenant charged with guarding this treasure—a responsibility that grows more complicated when he meets Ilona, a fierce, beautiful Hungarian who has lost everything in the ravages of the Holocaust. Seventy years later, amid the shadowy world of art dealers who profit off the sins of previous generations, Jack gives a necklace to his granddaughter, Natalie Stein, and charges her with searching for an unknown woman—a woman whose portrait and fate come to haunt Natalie, a woman whose secret may help Natalie to understand the guilt her grandfather will take to his grave and to find a way out of the mess she has made of her own life. A story of brilliantly drawn characters—a suave and shady art historian, a delusive and infatuated Freudian, a family of singing circus dwarfs fallen into the clutches of Josef Mengele, and desperate lovers facing choices that will tear them apart—Love and Treasure is Ayelet Waldman’s finest novel to date: a sad, funny, richly detailed work that poses hard questions about the value of precious things in a time when life itself has no value, and about the slenderest of chains that can bind us to the griefs and passions of the past. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Author: Charles B. McCreary Publisher: Malabar Rails Publishing ISBN: 9780615359601 Category : Railfans Languages : en Pages : 430
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Two teenage railfans are at trackside with their cameras--John at age fifteen and Chuck at fourteen--starting an adventure that will last from 1946 until 1957, searching for train pictures. The story beings on their hometown railroad, the Chicago & North Western, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Then for the next twelve years they move on, expanding their search for trains to Milwaukee, Chicago, the Twin Cities, Western Pennsylvania and Montana. Train Pictures is the gorgeous result of their years of train searching. The book's 440 pages include more than 400 train photos, including 227 steam engines and 165 first-generation diesels, all with ample captions. Additionally, the 25 chapters include 38 sidebars, 50 non-railroad photos, and 13 maps.
Author: Arthur Reeve Publisher: Aeterna Classics ISBN: 3964542962 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 217
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Sometimes, I heard the doctor venture, "I think it is aconite, but the symptoms are not quite the same. Besides, I don't see how it could have been administered. There's no mark on him that might have come from a hypodermic, no wound, not even a scratch. He couldn't have swallowed it. Suicide is out of the question. But his nose and throat are terribly swollen and inflamed. It's beyond me."
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8026877926 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1542
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This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe): A man is bitten by a golden bug and what ensues is a treasure hunt adventure featuring a cryptic message. Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson): A young boy is trapped between fierce pirates and his desire to find the missing treasure. The Pirate of Panama (William Macleod Raine): A story of the fight for buried treasure. Black Bartlemy's Treasure (Jeffery Farnol): A treasure hunt for the gold of legendary pirate, Black Bartlemy. The Pagan Madonna (Harold MacGrath): An unusual treasure-hunt tale featuring a lost but precious glass bead and a modern pirate. Pieces of Eight (Richard Le Gallienne) The Book of Buried Treasure: Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates (Ralph D. Paine) Stolen Treasure (Howard Pyle): treasure hunt stories from the author of Peter Pan adventures: Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main The Ghost of Captain Brand With the Buccaneers Tom Chist and the Treasure Box Jack Ballister's Fortunes Blueskin, the Pirate Captain Scarfield The Ruby of Kishmoor A True History of the Devil at New Hope
Author: Arthur B. Reeve Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0008137668 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 220
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Marking 100 years since publication, The Adventuress was the first full-length novel to feature ‘scientific detective’ Craig Kennedy, who was dubbed ‘the American Sherlock Holmes’ and the first fictional detective to use forensic science.
Author: Arthur B. Reeve
Author: Arthur Benjamin Reeve
Author: Arthur B. Reeve
Author: William L. Withuhn
Author: Iona Opie
Author: Ayelet Waldman
Author: Charles B. McCreary
Author: Arthur Reeve
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Arthur B. Reeve