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The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack

Author : Daniel Defoe

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 542 pages

File Size : 15,15 MB

Release : 2022-06-13

Category : Fiction

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Colonel Jack explores the story of an English gentleman who begins life on the London streets. Jack and his brothers grew up being pickpockets and bandits, but he desired to change this and be better. Abducted and brought to America, he becomes an indentured servant and then a caretaker of plantations in Maryland, after which his story takes one dramatic turn. Through Jack's story, Daniel Defoe offered a broad look at the social and political geography of his times.









The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Col. Jacque, Commonly Call'd Col. Jack, who was Born a Gentleman, Put 'prentice to a Pick-pocket, was Six and Twenty Years a Thief, and Then Kidnapp'd to Virginia. Came Back a Merchant ... Went Into the Wars ... was Made Colonel of a Regiment ... and Resolves to Dye a General. [By D. Defoe.] The Second Edition

Author : Daniel Defoe

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Page : 418 pages

File Size : 19,14 MB

Release : 1723

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The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque Commonly Called Colonel Jack. with the Author's Preface, and an Introd. by G. H.

Author : Daniel Defoe

Publisher : Hardpress Publishing

Page : 608 pages

File Size : 49,90 MB

Release : 2012-01

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ISBN : 9781290059626

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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.