This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... whether to enter the village or not, and remained in the woods for some time, watching the inhabitants, consisting of a score of men and women and perhaps fifty children of all ages. The children were dirty, and wore hardly any clothing, but they seemed to be as happy as though such a thing as war had never been ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... whether to enter the village or not, and remained in the woods for some time, watching the inhabitants, consisting of a score of men and women and perhaps fifty children of all ages. The children were dirty, and wore hardly any clothing, but they seemed to be as happy as though such a thing as war had never been mentioned. Most of the men were at work curing some wild-hog meat, while the women were engaged in braiding mats and other articles for sale or exchange. At last threeof the children, running close to the woods, espied me, and set up a shout of wonder andalarm, at which the men stopped work and came rushing forward with their clubs and machetes. Seeing there was no help for it, I stepped out into the open, and was immediately surrounded. Not a soul in the settlement, which went by the name of Jiawacadoruo, could speak a word of English, and for the time being I was partly at a loss to make them understand that I came as a friend who meant no harm. At the word "Americana" they grinned, and one of them queried " Cuba libre? For Cuban liberty?" and I nodded. Then I pointed to my mouth and stomach to signify that I was hungry. At once half a dozen of the women rushed off, and soon I was presented with several bowls of broth, made of chicken meat and vegetables, strongly flavored with the inevitable garlic, and a pot of strong black coffee. There was also a dish of boiled arrowroot, made from the native maranta, and this tasted best of all to me. While I was eating I tried, by every means in my power, to make these Cubans understand that I wanted to find the old convent, but failed utterly. Finally an idea struck me, and I essayed to cany it out. Tearing a page from a blank book in my pocket, I drew upon it a rough representation o...
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12mo. Green cloth with gilt, black and ivory lettering and black/red/ivory pictorial stamping. vi, 280pp. Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates. Very good. Mild edgewear and some rubbing; rear inner hinge delicate but expertly, archivally mended, thus strong. Tight, attractive first edition of the first title in the "Flag of Freedom Series" title, which issued three volumes in 1899 and three more up until 1902. Author/publisher Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930--Bonehill was one of his many pseudonyms) was an obscenely prolific scribbler of juvenile fiction.
