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Reproduction of the original: The Iron Horse by R.M Ballantyne
Author : R.M Ballantyne
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,73 MB
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752315369
Reproduction of the original: The Iron Horse by R.M Ballantyne
Author : Robert Michael Ballantyne
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Page : 182 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 2021-01-16
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Talk of earthquakes! not all the earthquakes that have rumbled in Ecuador or toppled over the spires and dwellings of Peru could compare, in the matter of dogged pertinacity, with that earthquake which diurnally and hourly shocked little Gertie's dwelling, quivered the white dimity curtains of little Gertie's bed and shook little Gertie's frame. A graceful, rounded little frame it was; yet strong, and firmly knit-perhaps in consequence of its having been from infancy so constantly and so well shaken together. Her neat little body was surmounted by a head which no sculptor in search of an antique model would have chosen. Gertie's profile was not Grecian; her features were not classic-but they were comely, and rosy, and so sweet that most people wanted to kiss them, and many people did. Gertie did not object. Probably, being only six, she imagined that this was the ordinary and natural method of salutation. Yet it was observable that the child did not reciprocate kisses except in one or two special cases. She had evidently a mind of her own, a fact which was displayed most strikingly, in the passionate manner in which she reciprocated the embraces of John Marrot, her father, when that large hairy individual came in of an evening, and, catching her in his long arms, pressed her little body to his damp pilot-cloth-coated breast and her chubby face to his oily, smoke-and-soot begrimed countenance, forgetful for the moment of the remonstrance from his wife that was sure to follow:
Author : Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 38,63 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781798662625
How the madman who assaulted me this evening found me out I know not. I was not aware until this day that he had been tracking me, but, judging from what he said, and from what I know about him, I now see that he must have been doing so for some years. Here is the explanation, and, let me add, it intimately concerns yourselves.
Author : R. M. Ballantyne
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Page : 548 pages
File Size : 23,13 MB
Release : 2018-11-05
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ISBN : 9781729453698
The Iron Horseby R. M. BallantyneHow the madman who assaulted me this evening found me out I know not. I was not aware until this day that he had been tracking me, but, judging from what he said, and from what I know about him, I now see that he must have been doing so for some years. Here is the explanation, and, let me add, it intimately concerns yourselves.
Author : R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 35,54 MB
Release : 2017-03-26
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ISBN : 9781544708188
Talk of earthquakes! not all the earthquakes that have rumbled in Ecuador or toppled over the spires and dwellings of Peru could compare, in the matter of dogged pertinacity, with that earthquake which diurnally and hourly shocked little Gertie's dwelling, quivered the white dimity curtains of little Gertie's bed and shook little Gertie's frame. A graceful, rounded little frame it was; yet strong, and firmly knit-perhaps in consequence of its having been from infancy so constantly and so well shaken together. Her neat little body was surmounted by a head which no sculptor in search of an antique model would have chosen. Gertie's profile was not Grecian; her features were not classic-but they were comely, and rosy, and so sweet that most people wanted to kiss them, and many people did. Gertie did not object. Probably, being only six, she imagined that this was the ordinary and natural method of salutation. Yet it was observable that the child did not reciprocate kisses except in one or two special cases. She had evidently a mind of her own, a fact which was displayed most strikingly, in the passionate manner in which she reciprocated the embraces of John Marrot, her father, when that large hairy individual came in of an evening, and, catching her in his long arms, pressed her little body to his damp pilot-cloth-coated breast and her chubby face to his oily, smoke-and-soot begrimed countenance, forgetful for the moment of the remonstrance from his wife that was sure to follow: - "Now then, John, there you go again. You ain't got no more power of subjewin' your feelings than one of your own ingines, w'ich is the schreechin'ist, fizzin'ist, crashin'ist, bustin' things I ever 'ad the misfortune to 'ave to do with. There's a clean frock just put on this mornin' only fit for the wash-tub now?"
Author : Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 11,14 MB
Release : 2019-06-10
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ISBN : 9781073023721
How the madman who assaulted me this evening found me out I know not. I was not aware until this day that he had been tracking me, but, judging from what he said, and from what I know about him, I now see that he must have been doing so for some years. Here is the explanation, and, let me add, it intimately concerns yourselves.
Author : R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781435367562
Author : R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 34,49 MB
Release : 2017-05-14
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ISBN : 9781546470182
The Iron Horse By R.M. BallantyneR.M. Ballantyne
Author : Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781006306846
Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 - 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1848 he published his first book Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America, and for some time was employed by the publishers Messrs Constable. In 1856 he gave up business to focus on his literary career, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.
Author : Edward Robins
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 2019-08-03
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ISBN : 9781086486001
Excerpt from Chasing an Iron Horse or a Boy's Adventures in the Civil War: The locomotive chase in Georgia, which forms what may be called the background of this story, was an actual occurrence of the great Civil War. But I wish to emphasize the fact that the following pages belong to the realm of fiction. Some of the incidents, and the character of Andrews, are historic, ...