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He whose adventurous story is told in the following pages was born in the summer of 1831, the eldest of a large family, his father being a country clergyman. His father and mother intended him for the Church ;he himself had aspirations for the A rmy, or the Indian Service, but neither could be managed for lack of means. Finally he went to sea as a middy on Messrs. Green s East Indiaman the Madagascar, sailing from London in February, 1848, when he was nearly seventeen years old. Green swas in those days the best service in England ;but it was too staid, too quiet, for a youth like this, thirsting for adventure, so after one voyage to India he gave it up. After this he shipped as an ordinary seaman on a Liverpool barque, bound for Callao to load with guano at the Pixo I slands. The ship, having got her evil-smelling cargo on board, returned to Callao, where the boy (he was only eighteen) deserted to escape the brutal illtreatment of the captain. When the barque had sailed he emerged from his hiding-place in the pampas, and for some months worked as mate on board a small coasting brig. The gold fever in California was then at its height, and his next idea was to get to the new Eldorado if possible, where fortune awaited the fortunate and adventures were to be met with at every turn.
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With the Border Ruffians: Memories of the Far West, 1852-1868 was written by Robert Hamilton Williams in 1908. This is a 506 page book, containing 163786 words. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book follows the true story of a young Englishman who, in 1852, set out to find his fortune in the untamed lands of America. The author provides a vivid, firsthand account of the culture clash that ensued between the experienced young traveler and the self-reliant farmers and frontiersmen of the time. The book brilliantly explores the vast differences between the refined European society and the rough-and-ready lifestyle of the American frontier during a time of great political turmoil in the lead-up to the Civil War. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781331545644_0
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