Sixteen Years on the Dark Blue Sea
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| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Eaton, James R.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Sixteen Years on the Dark Blue Sea: Four Years With the Army of the Potomac, Or, Footprints in Many Lands; Being the Life, Suffering, and Hair-Breadth Escapes on Land and Sea of James R. Eaton; Served in the War for the Union in the 3d and 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry It is related of the elder Vanderbilt, that on a certain occasion, while somewhat pressed for time, he hastily gave an order on his banker, using for this purpose a piece of common wrapping paper, such as is now used in meat markets and hardware stores. This insignificant piece of paper, the first cost of which could not have been more than the one hundredth part of a cent, purchased the controlling interest in a railroad, and was worth to the parties to whom it was given, a million and a half of dollars. In quoting the above anecdote, I wish to impress on the minds of my readers that the most handsome paper and the most handsome arranged book is not always the most interesting, nor most profitable to the reader. In introducing this book to the reader, I wish to say that I hope it will interest and amuse you, and after careful perusal, that you may say, "truth is stranger than fiction," then I shall be satisfied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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