| The Ne'er Do Well Contributor(s): Beach, Rex (Author) |
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ISBN: 1163380067 ISBN-13: 9781163380062 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 9.02" W x 6" (1.73 lbs) 420 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 1910. Rex Beach was well on his way to becoming a lawyer when he was hit by Gold Rush Fever and left for the Klondike to strike it rich. He never found gold, but his travels had sparked his imagination and he began to write. His tales of adventures quickly made him into a popular author. The Ne'er-Do-Well begins: It was a crisp November night. The artificial brilliance of Broadway was rivaled by a glorious moonlit sky. The first autumn frost was in the air, and on the side-streets long rows of taxicabs were standing, their motors blanketed, their chauffeurs threshing their arms to rout the cold. A few well-bundled cabbies, perched upon old-style hansoms, were barking at the stream of hurrying pedestrians. Against a background of lesser lights myriad points of electric signs flashed into ever-changing shapes, winking like huge, distorted eyes; fanciful designs of liquid fire ran up and down the walls or blazed forth in lurid colors. From the city's canons came an incessant clanging roar, as if a great river of brass and steel were grinding its way toward the sea. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
