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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Michael O'Halloran
Gene Stratton-Porter
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R980
Discovery Miles 9 800
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Freckles
Gene Stratton-Porter
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R846
Discovery Miles 8 460
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The hero is an adult orphan, just under twenty years of age, with
bright red hair and a freckled complexion. His right hand is
missing at the wrist, and has been since before he can remember.
Raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage, he speaks with a
slight Irish accent, "scarcely definite enough to be called a
brogue." Exhausted after days of walking, he applies for a job with
the Grand Rapids lumber company, guarding timber in the Limberlost
Swamp. The lumber company field manager, McLean, is impressed by
the boy's polite assertiveness and hires him despite his youth and
disability. He gives his name only as "Freckles," insisting that he
has no name of his own. He claims the name given him in the
orphanage (which we never learn) "is no more my name than it is
yours." So that he has a name to put down on the books, McLean
gives Freckles the name of his own father, James Ross McLean.
Freckles' duty is to twice a day walk the perimeter of the lumber
company's land, a seven-mile trek through lonely swampland, and to
be on the watch for those who aim to steal the expensive timber.
McLean's chief worry is Black Jack Carter, who has sworn to smuggle
several priceless trees out of the swamp. Freckles' weapons are
limited to a revolver and a stout stick, which he carries at all
times and uses to test to wire that marks the company's boundaries.
At night Freckles boards with Duncan, head teamster for the lumber
company, and Duncan's wife, who becomes a mother figure to
Freckles.
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