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Wood Rangers: The Trappers of Sonora

By Thomas Mayne Reid

2020-06-19 22:21:47

Brief Extract: No landscape on the Biscayan coast, presents a more imposing and picturesque aspect than the little village of Elanchovi. Lying within an amphitheater of cliffs, whose crests rise above the roofs of the houses, the port is protected fr ... Read more
Brief Extract: No landscape on the Biscayan coast, presents a more imposing and picturesque aspect than the little village of Elanchovi. Lying within an amphitheater of cliffs, whose crests rise above the roofs of the houses, the port is protected from the surge of the sea by a handsome little jetty of chiselled stone; while the single street of which the village is composed, commencing at the inner end of the mole, sweeps boldly up against the face of the precipice. On both sides, the houses, disposed in a sort of echelon, rise, terrace-like, one above the other; so that viewed from a distance, the street presents the appearance of a gigantic stairway. Less

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File size376.891 KB
Print pages132
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1515165040
Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883) was a Scots-Irish American novelist. Thomas Mayne Reid fought in the American-Mexican War (1846-1848). His many works are about American life. In...

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