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Adventures with Google Books Capt. Mayne Reid

Stephen Henry Huff

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Description:He came to the US from Ireland and was fired from a job as a clerk in New Orleans for refusing to whip slaves. He would later write an abolitionist novel set in New Orleans. He joined the U. S. Army in the Mexican American War. He was commended for bravery and gravely wounded in that war. After this he became an author. He knew and was a drinking buddy with Edgar Allen Poe. Poe was enchanted by his stories, even though frequently doubting their entire veracity. It was too much fun to listen to them to bother challenging their factuality. He is generally referred to as Capt. Reid. Official military records have him only ranked as Lieutenant. It is possible that he was temporarily a Capt. and it was never recorded, or that it was a literary device. His bravery and actual wounds in the military have never been questioned and are matters of historical fact. The general opinion seems to be that he embraced the blarney stone rather closely before leaving Ireland. He was a natural born story teller. From about 1850 to about 1890 he seems to have been the most popular author of adventure books in the world. His works were translated into every major European language. He was enormously popular in Poland and Russia as well as other countries. His works inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he was a friend of Edgar Allen Poe who also was an inspiration to Doyle. Vladimir Nabokov cites him as an early influence. President Teddy Roosevelt cites him as an inspiration in his youth. His books may have helped inspire Roosevelt with his love of outdoors adventure and manly virtue. Times changed. Segregation set in. The world became more racist and the books of Capt. Reid became less and less popular. By the end of WWI he was almost forgotten. It seems likely that his books will be more to the taste of a modern reader looking for rollicking good adventure than books from the 1920s notable for their racism and casual bigotry. You might very well like to give him a look. This is a guide to what is available for free by Capt. Reid from Google Books.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adventures with Google Books Capt. Mayne Reid. To get started finding Adventures with Google Books Capt. Mayne Reid, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: He came to the US from Ireland and was fired from a job as a clerk in New Orleans for refusing to whip slaves. He would later write an abolitionist novel set in New Orleans. He joined the U. S. Army in the Mexican American War. He was commended for bravery and gravely wounded in that war. After this he became an author. He knew and was a drinking buddy with Edgar Allen Poe. Poe was enchanted by his stories, even though frequently doubting their entire veracity. It was too much fun to listen to them to bother challenging their factuality. He is generally referred to as Capt. Reid. Official military records have him only ranked as Lieutenant. It is possible that he was temporarily a Capt. and it was never recorded, or that it was a literary device. His bravery and actual wounds in the military have never been questioned and are matters of historical fact. The general opinion seems to be that he embraced the blarney stone rather closely before leaving Ireland. He was a natural born story teller. From about 1850 to about 1890 he seems to have been the most popular author of adventure books in the world. His works were translated into every major European language. He was enormously popular in Poland and Russia as well as other countries. His works inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he was a friend of Edgar Allen Poe who also was an inspiration to Doyle. Vladimir Nabokov cites him as an early influence. President Teddy Roosevelt cites him as an inspiration in his youth. His books may have helped inspire Roosevelt with his love of outdoors adventure and manly virtue. Times changed. Segregation set in. The world became more racist and the books of Capt. Reid became less and less popular. By the end of WWI he was almost forgotten. It seems likely that his books will be more to the taste of a modern reader looking for rollicking good adventure than books from the 1920s notable for their racism and casual bigotry. You might very well like to give him a look. This is a guide to what is available for free by Capt. Reid from Google Books.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adventures with Google Books Capt. Mayne Reid. To get started finding Adventures with Google Books Capt. Mayne Reid, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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