Faces and Places

Faces and Places

Faces and Places To J.R. Robinson, Editor and Manager of the "Daily News", at whose suggestion some...
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Author: Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William)
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Faces and Places

Faces and Places

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Faces and Places

CHF 12.22 CHF 6.11
Author: Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William)
Format: eBook
Language: English

Faces and Places

To J.R. Robinson, Editor and Manager of the "Daily News", at whose suggestion some of these articles were written, they are in their collected form inscribed, with sincere regard, by an old friend and colleague. I made the acquaintance of Colonel Fred Burnaby in a balloon. In such strange quarters, at an altitude of over a thousand feet, commenced a friendship that for years was one of the pleasantest parts of my life, and remains one of its most cherished memories. It was on the 14th of September, 1874. A few weeks earlier two French aeronauts, a Monsieur and Madame Duruof, making an ascent from Calais, had been carried out to sea, and dropping into the Channel, had passed through enough perils to make them a nine days' wonder. Arrangements had been completed for them to make a fresh ascent from the grounds of the Crystal Palace, and half London seemed to have gone down to Sydenham to see them off. I was young and eager then, and having but lately joined the staff of the Daily News as special correspondent, was burning for an opportunity to distinguish myself. So I went off to the Crystal Palace resolved to go up in the balloon. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 25624
Author: Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William)
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

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