| Afield and Afloat Contributor(s): Stockton, Frank R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1417925043 ISBN-13: 9781417925049 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: 1903. Thonias Hewlings Stockton, clergyman, wrote fantastic tales for children under the pen name Frank R. Stockton. He also wrote books for adults. Among his amusing books for children Rudder Grange is the best known. The Lady and the Tiger, Adventures of Captain Horne, Mrs. Null, Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, The Hundredth Man, Great Stone of Sardis, and Captain's Tollgate were also quite popular. Contents: The Buller-Podington Compact; The Romance of a Mule-Car; The Governor-General; Old Applejoy's Ghost; Struck by a Boomerang; The Skipper and El Capitan; Come In, New Year; A Sailor's Knot; The Great Staircase at Landover Hall; The Ghosts in My Tower; and The Landsman's Tale. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 324 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |
