The Red City: A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington

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Author: Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir),1829-1914
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The Red City: A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington

The Red City: A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington

€6,20

The Red City: A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington

€6,20
Author: Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir),1829-1914
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Red City: A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington

About five in the afternoon on the 23d of May, 1792, the brig Morning Star of Bristol, John Maynard, master, with a topgallant breeze after her, ran into Delaware Bay in mid-channel between Cape May and Cape Henlopen. Here was the only sunshine they had seen in three weeks. The captain, liking the warmth on his broad back, glanced up approvingly at mast and rigging. "She's a good one," he said, and noting the ship powdered white with her salt record of the sea's attentions, he lighted a pipe and said aloud, "She's salted like Christmas pork." As he spoke, he cast an approving eye on a young fellow who sat at ease in the lower rigging, laughing as the brig rolled over and a deluge of water flushed the deck and made the skipper on the after-hatch lift his feet out of the way of the wash. Near to dusk of this pleasant evening of May the captain anchored off Lewes, ordered a boat sent ashore, and a nip of rum all round for the crew. Then, with a glass for himself, he lighted his pipe and sat down on the cover of the companionway and drew the long breath of the victor in a six-weeks' fight with the Atlantic in its most vicious mood. For an hour he sat still, a well-contented man; then, aware of a curly head and bronzed young face rising out of the companionway beside him, he said, "You might find that coil of rope comfortable." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32942
Author: Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
Release Date: Jun 22, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924

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