| The Pirate of Panama by William MacLeod Raine, Fiction, Action & Adventure Contributor(s): Raine, William MacLeod (Author) |
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ISBN: 160664050X ISBN-13: 9781606640500 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Some of the men whispered together in corners, while others scowled at them in distrust -- and grew unruly and soon were ripe for mutiny. To make matters worse, the wines and liquors aboard were made too free . . . and before long the cutthroats were in a debauch that threatened to last as long as the rum! Within a week one man was buried and another lay in his bunk cut to ribbons. Then the brig "Truxillo," consort of the "Santa Theresa," appeared in the offing one morning and hung on in chase, with all sail set. All day and night the two ships raced, the one to escape -- the other to capture the pirates! English-born American journalist William MacLeod Raine (1871-1954) achieved widespread fame for his stories of the Wild West. That he felt equally at home upon the high seas is proved by "The Pirate of Panama." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6" W x 9" (0.54 lbs) 160 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Raine, William MacLeod: - "William MacLeod Raine (1871 - 1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. He was born in London, the son of William and Jessie Raine. After his mother died, his family migrated from England to Arkansas when Raine was ten years old, eventually settling on a cattle ranch near the Texas-Arkansas border. In 1894, after graduating from Oberlin College, Raine left Arkansas and headed for the western U.S. He became the principal of a school in Seattle while contributing columns to a local newspaper. Later he moved to Denver, where he worked as a reporter and editorial writer for local periodicals, including the Republican, the Post and the Rocky Mountain News. At this time he began to publish short stories, eventually becoming a full-time free-lance fiction writer and finally finding his literary home in the novel. His earliest novels were romantic histories taking place in the English countryside. However, after spending some time with the Arizona Rangers, Raine shifted his literary focus and began to utilize the American West as a setting. The publication of Wyoming in 1908 marks the beginning of his prolific career, during which time he averaged nearly two western novels a year until his death in 1954. In 1920 he was awarded an M.L. degree from the University of Colorado, where he had established that school's first journalism course. During the First World War 500,000 copies of one of his books were sent to British soldiers in the trenches. Twenty of his novels have been filmed. Though he was prolific, he was a slow, careful, conscientious worker, intent on accurate detail and considered himself a craftsman rather than an artist." |