| At the Earth's Core Contributor(s): Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798574374795 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Fantasy - Contemporary - Fiction | Romance - Fantasy |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.29 lbs) 124 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: ...thin a tiny oasis. Close by was an Arab douar of some eight or ten tents.I had come down from the north to hunt lion. My party consisted of a dozen children of the desert--I was the only "white" man. As we approached the little clump of verdure I saw the man come from his tent and with hand-shaded eyes peer intently at us. At sight of me he advanced rapidly to meet us."A white man " he cried. "May the good Lord be praised I have been watching you for hours, hoping against hope that THIS time there would be a white man. Tell me the date. What year is it?"And when I had told him he staggered as though he had been struck full in the face, so that he was compelled to grasp my stirrup leather for support."It cannot be " he cried after a moment. "It cannot be Tell me that you are mistaken, or that you are but joking.""I am telling you the truth, my friend," I replied. "Why should I deceive a stranger, or attempt to, in so simple a matter as the date?"For some time h... |
