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Samuel De Champlain
Voyages Of Samuel De Champlain (Part-2)
Vol-2
- Historisches
- Englisch
- 52657 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃] born Samuel Champlain; on or before August 13, 1574[1][2] – December 25, 1635), "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. He is important to Canadian history because he made the first accurate map of the coast and he helped establish the settlements.
Born into a family of mariners, Champlain, while still a young man, began exploring North America in 1603 under the guidance of François Gravé Du Pont,[3][4] From 1604 to 1607 Champlain participated in the exploration and settlement of the first permanent European settlement north of Florida, Port Royal, Acadia (1605). Then, in 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City.[5] Champlain was the first European to explore and describe the Great Lakes, and published maps of his journeys and accounts of what he learned from the natives and the French living among the Natives. He formed relationships with local Montagnais and Innu and later with others farther west (Ottawa River, Lake Nipissing, or Georgian Bay), with Algonquin and with Huron Wendat, and agreed to provide assistance in their wars against the Iroquois.
In 1620, Louis XIII ordered Champlain to cease exploration, return to Quebec, and devote himself to the administration of the country.[6] In every way but formal title, Samuel de Champlain served as Governor of New France, a title that may have been formally unavailable to him owing to his non-noble status.[7] He established trading companies that sent goods, primarily fur, to France, and oversaw the growth of New France in the St. Lawrence River valley until his death in 1635.
Champlain is memorialized as the "Father of New France" and "Father of Acadia", and many places, streets, and structures in northeastern North America bear his name, or have monuments established in his memory. The most notable of these is Lake Champlain, which straddles the border between northern New York and Vermont, extending slightly across the border into Canada. In 1609 he led an expedition up the Richelieu River and explored a long, narrow lake situated between the Green Mountains of present-day Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of present-day New York; he named the lake after himself as the first European to map and describe it. [mehr]
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Samuel De Champlain
Voyages Of Samuel De Champlain (Part-1)
Vol. 2
- Historisches
- Englisch
- 41165 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃] born Samuel Champlain; on or before August 13, 1574[1][2] – December 25, 1635), "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. He is important to Canadian history because he made the first accurate map of the coast and he helped establish the settlements.
Born into a family of mariners, Champlain, while still a young man, began exploring North America in 1603 under the guidance of François Gravé Du Pont,[3][4] From 1604 to 1607 Champlain participated in the exploration and settlement of the first permanent European settlement north of Florida, Port Royal, Acadia (1605). Then, in 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City.[5] Champlain was the first European to explore and describe the Great Lakes, and published maps of his journeys and accounts of what he learned from the natives and the French living among the Natives. He formed relationships with local Montagnais and Innu and later with others farther west (Ottawa River, Lake Nipissing, or Georgian Bay), with Algonquin and with Huron Wendat, and agreed to provide assistance in their wars against the Iroquois.
In 1620, Louis XIII ordered Champlain to cease exploration, return to Quebec, and devote himself to the administration of the country.[6] In every way but formal title, Samuel de Champlain served as Governor of New France, a title that may have been formally unavailable to him owing to his non-noble status.[7] He established trading companies that sent goods, primarily fur, to France, and oversaw the growth of New France in the St. Lawrence River valley until his death in 1635.
Champlain is memorialized as the "Father of New France" and "Father of Acadia", and many places, streets, and structures in northeastern North America bear his name, or have monuments established in his memory. The most notable of these is Lake Champlain, which straddles the border between northern New York and Vermont, extending slightly across the border into Canada. In 1609 he led an expedition up the Richelieu River and explored a long, narrow lake situated between the Green Mountains of present-day Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of present-day New York; he named the lake after himself as the first European to map and describe it. [mehr]
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Erno Fischer, Wilfried A. Hary
HdW-B 017: Der Seelenberg
- Science Fiction
- Deutsch
- 54434 Wörter
- Ab 14 Jahren
- 116
HdW-B 017: Der Seelenberg von Erno Fischer, Wilfried A. Hary und W. A. Travers: »Die Reise in den Wahnsinn - und der erste HERR DER WELTEN!«
In über einer Million Jahre: Viele tausend Welten sind von Menschen besiedelt. Überlichtschnelle Flüge sind verboten, weil es sich erwiesen hat, dass diese auf Dauer das energetische Gleichgewicht des Universums und somit das Raum-Zeit-Gefüge stören, was in manchen Bereichen des Universums in der Vergangenheit zu schrecklichen Katastrophen geführt hat. Der so genannte HERR DER WELTEN wacht unnachgiebig über dieses Verbot. Das Verbot wurde nicht immer befolgt, weil es den HERRN DER WELTEN nicht schon immer gegeben hat. John Willard, der Diener des HERRN DER WELTEN, erfährt: Wenige Jahrhunderte in der Zukunft, von hier und heute aus betrachtet (und somit über eine Million Jahre in der Vergangenheit aus der Sicht von John Willard!), hatte der Mensch bereits einen Teil des Weltraums erobert. Überlichtschnelle Flüge wurden von hoch spezialisierten (und teilweise sogar regelrecht »gezüchteten«) so genannten PSI-Menschen durchgeführt. Man nannte sie in Anlehnung an einen Begriff aus der SF des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts der so genannten christlichen Zeitrechnung Psychonauten. Als der Ultimate-Konzern die Psychonauten mittels technischem Überlichtantrieb zu ersetzen trachtete, hatte das unabsehbare Folgen, was die negativ betroffenen Fremdrassen auf die Menschen aufmerksam machte und zu einer tödlichen Bedrohung werden ließ. Endlich sah auch Ultimate und mit dem Konzern das totalitäre Regime des menschlichen Imperiums ein, dass sie sämtliche Experimente in dieser Richtung einstellen mussten. Eine Friedensmission wurde gegründet, um die Völker des Universums zu besänftigen. Das Raumschiff ESPERANTO (zu deutsch etwa: Der Hoffende) wurde mit der Friedensmission auf den Weg geschickt. Doch an Bord herrscht gegenseitiges Misstrauen und sogar... Hass! Außerdem ist ihre erste Zielwelt, Zyzschniy, am Rande des Abgrundes. Die letzte Hoffnung ist eine Expedition zum Tafelberg, genannt DER SEELENBERG - und das hat seinen Grund. Supermutant PSY 9.11, bezeichnet auch als DER GOLDENE, erzählt... ________________________________________
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Erno Fischer
HERR DER WELTEN 051: Der Seelenberg
»Die Reise in den Wahnsinn - und der erste HERR DER WELTEN!«
- Science Fiction
- Deutsch
- 15452 Wörter
- Ab 12 Jahren
- 120
HERR DER WELTEN 051: Der Seelenberg
Erno Fischer: »Die Reise in den Wahnsinn - und der erste HERR DER WELTEN!«
In über einer Million Jahre: Viele tausend Welten sind von Menschen besiedelt. Überlichtschnelle Flüge sind verboten, weil es sich erwiesen hat, dass diese auf Dauer das energetische Gleichgewicht des Universums und somit das Raum-Zeit-Gefüge stören, was in manchen Bereichen des Universums in der Vergangenheit zu schrecklichen Katastrophen geführt hat. Der so genannte HERR DER WELTEN wacht unnachgiebig über dieses Verbot.
Das Verbot wurde nicht immer befolgt, weil es den HERRN DER WELTEN nicht schon immer gegeben hat. John Willard, der Diener des HERRN DER WELTEN, erfährt: Wenige Jahrhunderte in der Zukunft, von hier und heute aus betrachtet (und somit über eine Million Jahre in der Vergangenheit aus der Sicht von John Willard!), hatte der Mensch bereits einen Teil des Weltraums erobert. Überlichtschnelle Flüge wurden von hoch spezialisierten (und teilweise sogar regelrecht »gezüchteten«) so genannten PSI-Menschen durchgeführt. Man nannte sie in Anlehnung an einen Begriff aus der SF des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts der so genannten christlichen Zeitrechnung Psychonauten. Als der Ultimate-Konzern die Psychonauten mittels technischem Überlichtantrieb zu ersetzen trachtete, hatte das unabsehbare Folgen, was die negativ betroffenen Fremdrassen auf die Menschen aufmerksam machte und zu einer tödlichen Bedrohung werden ließ. Endlich sah auch Ultimate und mit dem Konzern das totalitäre Regime des menschlichen Imperiums ein, dass sie sämtliche Experimente in dieser Richtung einstellen mussten. Eine Friedensmission wurde gegründet, um die Völker des Universums zu besänftigen. Das Raumschiff ESPERANTO (zu deutsch etwa: Der Hoffende) wurde mit der Friedensmission auf den Weg geschickt. Doch an Bord herrscht gegenseitiges Misstrauen und sogar... Hass!
Außerdem ist ihre erste Zielwelt, Zyzschniy, am Rande des Abgrundes.
Die letzte Hoffnung ist eine Expedition zum Tafelberg, genannt DER SEELENBERG - und das hat seinen Grund. Supermutant PSY 9.11, bezeichnet auch als DER GOLDENE, erzählt...
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Der Autor Wilfried A. Hary auf Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfried_A._Hary [mehr]
Stichwörter: Herr der Welten, Science Fiction, SciFi, SF, Fantastik, Phantastik, fantastisch
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Nikolay Ilchevski
A Manual for sexually mature idlers
- Humor
- Englisch
- 25871 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 1
As a guide to self-determination, the writer straight out explosions of laughter from the reader and the people around are beginning to wonder what was happening.Several signs by which to determine if you are an animal or person ...How do you understand if you are a woman or a man .....How to understand whether you falling in love or just ...In 15 chapters addresses the main concerns of modern human - what is a courtship, what is a sex, what is a friend, how to contradistinguish them and how to orientate in the complicated maze that separates the world of male and female.In the form of checklist you can finds the main differences between men and women, and different tests to check on friends to check whether he/she loved you and whether you jealous.This is an incredible book - brilliant language, metaphors and so thin sharp turns in humor that flew out of the "bends" and you continue to giggles from the ditch.
“Ninety per cent of the world population problems exist only because they never read this book.” Christopher ColumbusDo not risk buying this manual. Better steal it. So no one would know you have it. If you cannot steal, ask a friend to do so and then kill him to cover the tracks. If you cannot kill, hire a hit man. If you cannot decide between those two options, buy this manual along with fifty other books and slowly get out on the street. Do not look around. Turn calmly onto the first corner street, throw away all the other books and run couple of miles choosing the most narrow town alleys. Circuit the country using as many vehicles as possible, constantly changing your clothes and impersonating whoever you wish. Return to your place of residence around midnight, take off your shoes and bury them under a three in the most distant park. Tiptoe home, leave a note to your relatives that you’ll go to an expedition in Sahara desert, and quietly barricade yourself in the basement. There, between the cement bags and the jars of chutney, you may open this manual. Just in case, read it at candlelight. And start from the epilog. [mehr]
Stichwörter: manual, sexually, hummor, self determination, modern man, differences between men and women, love, courtship, friend, world of man and women, mens world, womens world, relationships
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Leo Aldan
SQUIDS
Aus der Tiefe des Alls
- Science Fiction
- Deutsch
- 193454 Wörter
- Ab 14 Jahren
- 2187
- 50
Ein ungewöhnlicher Roman, nicht nur für SciFi-Fans
Der Astrophysiker Jake stürzt bei einer Grönland-Expedition am Petermann-Gletscher ins Meer. Er erwacht in völliger Dunkelheit ... Er weiß nicht, wo er ist ... Er kann nicht entkommen ... Eine merkwürdige Krankenschwester gibt ihm Befehle. Niemand beantwortet seine Fragen, bis die schöne Myriam auftaucht. Ist auch sie eine Gefangene? Oder ein Köder?
Jake wird in eine exotische Welt gestoßen, ein trügerisches Paradies voll fremder Rituale und Kasten. Je mehr Antworten er findet, desto mehr Fragen stellen sich. Als er in die Enge getrieben wird, taucht Myriam wie aus dem Nichts auf und rettet ihn, was ihrer Familie gar nicht passt. Dann stößt Jake auf die schockierende Wahrheit. Er gerät in höchste Gefahr und muss sich schier unlösbaren Problemen stellen, deren Ausmaß er nicht einmal ahnen kann.
Jake rennt gegen Wände, bis er seine Vorurteile sprengt. Nur widerwillig wächst er in seine Heldenrolle. Er trifft auf Aliens, die Squids, die ganz anders sind, als alles, was bis jetzt das SciFi bevölkert.
Die wissenschaftliche Grundlage bildet die Fitzgerald-Lorentz-Interpretation des Michelson-Morley-Experiments. Wie sähe die Struktur des Kosmos aus, wenn es ein Lichtmedium gäbe? Und welche vernichtenden Kräfte könnten darin stecken?
SQUIDS: abenteuerlich, spannend, phantastisch, romantisch, vielschichtig und immer wieder ein bisschen schräg.
* Dieser Roman ist eine überarbeitete Version von „SQUIDS – Die phantastische Reise des Jake Forrester“
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"Die Idee mit den SQUIDS hat mich überrascht, aber ich finde diese Wesen total super." Annika (Annikas Bücherwelt) [mehr]
Stichwörter: Science Fiction, Romane, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Bestseller, Thriller, Dystopie, dystopisch, Abenteuer, spannend, Drama, dramatisch, romantisch, Science Fiction Bestseller, Science Fiction Romane, ebook, Bücher, deutsch, Spannung, Suspense, Außerirdische, Aliens, phantastisch, exotisch, Liebesgeschichte, Katastrophe, fremde Welten, skurril, Kosmos, Weltraum, Völkerkonflikt, Entführung, Relativitätstheorie, Satire [mehr]
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H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines
- Abenteuer
- Englisch
- 80733 Wörter
- Ab 6 Jahren
- 227
- 2
King Solomon's Mines is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.
Allan Quatermain, an adventurer and white hunter based in Durban, in what is now South Africa, is approached by aristocrat Sir Henry Curtis and his friend Captain Good, seeking his help finding Sir Henry's brother, who was last seen travelling north into the unexplored interior on a quest for the fabled King Solomon's Mines. Quatermain has a mysterious map purporting to lead to the mines, but had never taken it seriously. However, he agrees to lead an expedition in return for a share of the treasure, or a stipend for his son if he is killed along the way. He has little hope they will return alive, but reasons that he has already outlived most people in his profession, so dying in this manner at least ensures that his son will be provided for. They also take along a mysterious native, Umbopa, who seems more regal, handsome and well-spoken than most porters of his class, but who is very anxious to join the party.
Travelling by oxcart, they reach the edge of a desert, but not before a hunt in which a wounded elephant claims the life of a servant. They continue on foot across the desert, almost dying of thirst before finding the oasis shown halfway across on the map. Reaching a mountain range called Suliman Berg, they climb a peak (one of "Sheba's Breasts") and enter a cave where they find the frozen corpse of José Silvestre (also spelt Silvestra), the 16th-century Portuguese explorer who drew the map in his own blood. That night, a second servant dies from the cold, so they leave his body next to Silvestra's, to "give him a companion". They cross the mountains into a raised valley, lush and green, known as Kukuanaland. The inhabitants have a well-organised army and society and speak an ancient dialect of IsiZulu. Kukuanaland's capital is Loo, the destination of a magnificent road from ancient times. The city is dominated by a central royal kraal. [mehr]
Stichwörter: king solomons mines, h rider haggard, action and adventure, lost world, alternative history, thriller and suspense
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Robert E. Howard
Jewels of Gwahlur
- Fantasy
- Englisch
- 17162 Wörter
- Ab 6 Jahren
- 156
- 2
"Jewels of Gwahlur" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. Set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, it concerns several parties, including Conan, fighting over and hunting for the eponymous treasure in Hyborian Africa.
Conan, following legends of this treasure, has travelled to Keshan and offered his services to train and lead Keshan's army against their neighbour, Punt. However, Thutmekri, a Stygian rogue with similar intentions, and his Shemitish partner, Zargheba, also arrive in the country with an offer of a military alliance with another of Punt's neighbours, Zembabwei, with some of the Teeth to seal their pact. The high priest of Keshan, Gorulga, announces that a decision on the matter can only be made after consulting Yelaya, the mummified oracle of Alkmeenon. This is all the treasure hunters require. Zargheba joins Gorulga in his expedition while Conan travels ahead of them.
In the abandoned city the initial atmosphere of the supernatural gives way to intrigue over the oracle. Zargheba has brought along a Corinthian slave girl, Muriela, to play the part of the oracle and tell the priests to hand all of the jewels to Thutmekri. Conan is first scared of the living oracle but quickly discovers the ruse. Intrigue and mystery follows as the imposter and the body of the genuine oracle switch and reappear. Gorulga, however, is an innocent in this, genuinely attempting to consult his oracle.
However, a fourth faction appears. A Pelishti traveller, Bit-Yakin, had visited the valley of the lost city in the past. When the people of Keshan visited the site to worship Yelaya as a goddess, Bit-Yakin provided prophecies from a hiding place. Eventually he died there; his undying servants buried him as per his instructions, and, got rid of their master's control, massacred all priests from Keshan who attempted to visit the city and consult the oracle afterwards. Bit-Yakin's servants, revealed to be large, gray-furred ape-like creatures, kill the survivors of Gorulga's party when they attempt to claim the jewels. Conan manages to acquire the chest containing the jewels but is forced to abandon them to save Muriela. They escape together and Conan ends the story by outlining a new plan. [mehr]
Stichwörter: jewels of gwahlur, robert e howard, alternative history, conan the barbarian, fantasy, science fiction, action and adventure, thriller and suspense
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G.A. Henty
The Boy Knight
- Belletristik
- Englisch
- 97097 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).G.A. Henty was born in Trumpington, near Cambridge. He was a sickly child who had to spend long periods in bed. During his frequent illnesses he became an avid reader and developed a wide range of interests which he carried into adulthood. He attended Westminster School, London and later Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,[1] where he was a keen sportsman. He left the university early without completing his degree to volunteer for the Army Hospital Commissariat when the Crimean War began. He was sent to the Crimea and while there he witnessed the appalling conditions under which the British soldier had to fight. His letters home were filled with vivid descriptions of what he saw. His father was impressed by his letters and sent them to The Morning Advertiser newspaper which printed them. This initial writing success was a factor in Henty's later decision to accept the offer to become a special correspondent, the early name for journalists now better known as war correspondents.
Shortly before resigning from the army as a captain in 1859 he married Elizabeth Finucane. The couple had four children. Elizabeth died in 1865 after a long illness and shortly after her death Henty began writing articles for the Standard newspaper. In 1866 the newspaper sent him as their special correspondent to report on the Austro-Italian War where he met Giuseppe Garibaldi. He went on to cover the 1868 British punitive expedition to Abyssinia, the Franco-Prussian War, the Ashanti War, the Carlist Rebellion in Spain and the Turco-Serbian War.[2] He also witnessed the opening of the Suez Canal and travelled to Palestine, Russia and India.
Henty was a strong supporter of the British Empire all his life; according to literary critic Kathryn Castle: "Henty...exemplified the ethos of the new imperialism, and glorified in its successes". [3] Henty's ideas about politics were influenced by writers such as Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet and Thomas Carlyle.[2]
Henty once related in an interview how his storytelling skills grew out of tales told after dinner to his children. He wrote his first children's book, Out on the Pampas in 1868, naming the book's main characters after his children. The book was published by Griffith and Farran in November 1870 with a title page date of 1871. While most of the 122 books he wrote were for children, he also wrote adult novels, non-fiction such as The March to Magdala and Those Other Animals, short stories for the likes of The Boy's Own Paper and edited the Union Jack, a weekly boy's magazine.
His children's novels typically revolved around a boy or young man living in troubled times. These ranged [mehr]
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G. A. Henty
Jack Archer
- Historisches
- Englisch
- 95546 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).
G.A. Henty was born in Trumpington, near Cambridge. He was a sickly child who had to spend long periods in bed. During his frequent illnesses he became an avid reader and developed a wide range of interests which he carried into adulthood. He attended Westminster School, London and later Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,[1] where he was a keen sportsman. He left the university early without completing his degree to volunteer for the Army Hospital Commissariat when the Crimean War began. He was sent to the Crimea and while there he witnessed the appalling conditions under which the British soldier had to fight. His letters home were filled with vivid descriptions of what he saw. His father was impressed by his letters and sent them to The Morning Advertiser newspaper which printed them. This initial writing success was a factor in Henty's later decision to accept the offer to become a special correspondent, the early name for journalists now better known as war correspondents.
Shortly before resigning from the army as a captain in 1859 he married Elizabeth Finucane. The couple had four children. Elizabeth died in 1865 after a long illness and shortly after her death Henty began writing articles for the Standard newspaper. In 1866 the newspaper sent him as their special correspondent to report on the Austro-Italian War where he met Giuseppe Garibaldi. He went on to cover the 1868 British punitive expedition to Abyssinia, the Franco-Prussian War, the Ashanti War, the Carlist Rebellion in Spain and the Turco-Serbian War.[2] He also witnessed the opening of the Suez Canal and travelled to Palestine, Russia and India.
Henty was a strong supporter of the British Empire all his life; according to literary critic Kathryn Castle: "Henty...exemplified the ethos of the new imperialism, and glorified in its successes". [3] Henty's ideas about politics were influenced by writers such as Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet and Thomas Carlyle.[2]
Henty once related in an interview how his storytelling skills grew out of tales told after dinner to his children. He wrote his first children's book, Out on the Pampas in 1868, naming the book's main characters after his children. The book was published by Griffith and Farran in November 1870 with a title page date of 1871. While most of the 122 books he wrote were for children, he also wrote adult novels, non-fiction such as The March to Magdala and Those Other Animals, short stories for the likes of The Boy's Own Paper and edited the Union Jack, a weekly boy's magazine.
His children's novels typically revolved around a boy or young man living in troubled times. These range [mehr]
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