Excerpt: ... they crouched knee to knee. Lying on the ground, they struck no less furiously and desperately. All sense of fair play, of sportsmanship, was gone. They struggled to kill and not be killed. Their lungs labored heavily. They began to stagger as they moved. The muscles of their arms lost their resilience. Their legs dragged as though weighted. Harrison was, if a choice might be made, in worse case. He was the stronger man, but he lacked the tireless endurance of the other. Watching him with animal wariness, ...
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Excerpt: ... they crouched knee to knee. Lying on the ground, they struck no less furiously and desperately. All sense of fair play, of sportsmanship, was gone. They struggled to kill and not be killed. Their lungs labored heavily. They began to stagger as they moved. The muscles of their arms lost their resilience. Their legs dragged as though weighted. Harrison was, if a choice might be made, in worse case. He was the stronger man, but he lacked the tireless endurance of the other. Watching him with animal wariness, Yeager knew that the man who went down first would stay down. His enemy was sagging at the knees. He could with difficulty lift his arms. He fought only in spurts. All this was true of himself, too. But somewhere in him was that dynamic will not to be beaten that counted heavily as a reserve. The prizefighter called on himself for the last attack. He stumbled forward, head down, in a charge. An aimless blow flung Steve against the trunk of the live-oak. His arms thrashing wildly, Harrison plunged forward to finish him. The cowpuncher ducked, lurched to one side. Against the bark of the tree crashed the fist of the other, swinging him half round. Yeager flung himself on the back of his foe. 147 Human bone and flesh and muscle could do no more. The knees of Harrison gave and he sank to the ground, his head falling in the spring. His opponent, breathless and exhausted, lay motionless on top of him. For a time both lay without stirring. The first to move was Steve. He noticed that the nose and mouth of the senseless man lay beneath the water. By exerting all his strength he pulled the battered head almost out of the water. Very slowly and painfully he got to his feet. Leaning against the tree for support, he looked down at the helpless white face of the man he had hated so furiously only a few minutes earlier. That emotion had entirely vanished. It was impossible to feel any resentment against that bruised and bleeding piece of clay. Steve was...
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Add this copy of Steve Yeager to cart. $33.52, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2017 by Pinnacle Press.
Add this copy of Steve Yeager to cart. $17.00, good condition, Sold by Richard Burlew rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Trumansburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1915 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Good. No Jacket. Text is tight and clean; boards are a little rough, especially the spine and rear. They have considerable foxing. Edges have wear. Top edges of text are foxed.
Add this copy of Steve Yeager to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by Banjo Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Andover, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1915 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. First printing (states "Published October 1915" with no additional printings listed. 1915 on the title page). Wear to the spine ends. Gutter narrowly cracked at the half title page. Spots of foxing to the frontispiece, tissue guard and title page. Otherwise fine.
Add this copy of Steve Yeager to cart. $31.00, good condition, Sold by Bradley's Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Florence, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1915 by Hillman.
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Very Good. First edition. Owner gift inscription on front fly, scattered foxing on pages, gutter cracked, spine ends and corners worn a bit, about very good.
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