Synopsis
The Ne'er Do Well is a novel written by Rex E. Beach. It tells the story of a young man named Chet Ballantine who is born into a wealthy family but lacks direction and purpose in life. He spends his days drinking, gambling, and pursuing women, much to the dismay of his family and friends.After a particularly wild night, Chet is confronted by his father who threatens to cut him off financially if he doesn't get his act together. Feeling lost and alone, Chet decides to leave town and start a new life.He travels to the Yukon in search of gold and adventure, but soon realizes that life in the wilderness is much harder than he anticipated. He struggles to survive the harsh conditions and make a name for himself, but finds himself constantly plagued by his past mistakes and bad habits.As Chet tries to find his place in the world, he meets a cast of colorful characters including a beautiful dancer, a ruthless businessman, and a wise old prospector. Through his interactions with these people, Chet begins to learn important lessons about life, love, and responsibility.The Ne'er Do Well is a compelling tale of one man's journey to find himself and his place in the world. It is a story of redemption, self-discovery, and the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity.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.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. 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 their original work.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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