Download or read book Adrift in New York written by Horatio Alger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Adrift in New York by Horatio Alger

Download or read book Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World written by Horatio Jr. Alger and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Adrift in New York: Tom and Florence Braving the World Jr Horatio Alger" is a great young adult story that is pleasant to read today as it was 100 years ago. It tells of the adventures of two teens who get into difficult life situations but bravely cope with them. Florence is a victim of intrigue. Tom is a kidnapped child, growing up as a noble young man. Together they are to solve the mysteries of the part and bring the justice back.

Download or read book Adrift in New York Or Tom and Florence Braving the World written by Horatio Alger (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adrift in New York written by Horatio Jr. Alger and published by 1st World Publishing. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disowned by her guardian in nineteenth-century New York City, seventeen-year-old Florence is befriended by Tom--a boy from the Bowery--with whom she has a surprising connection.

Download or read book Adrift in New York written by Horatio Alger and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "UNCLE, you are not looking well to-night.""I'm not well, Florence. I sometimes doubt if I shall ever be any better.""Surely, uncle, you cannot mean--""Yes, my child, I have reason to believe that I am nearing the end.""I cannot bear to hear you speak so, uncle," said Florence Linden, in irrepressible agitation. "You are not an old man. You are but fifty-four.""True, Florence, but it is not years only that make a man old. Two great sorrows have embittered my life. First, the death of my dearly beloved wife, and next, the loss of my boy, Harvey.""It is long since I have heard you refer to my cousin's loss. I thought you had be-come reconciled-no, I do not mean that,-I thought your regret might be less poignant.""I have not permitted myself to speak of it, but I have never ceased to think of it day and night."

Download or read book Adrift written by Steven Callahan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2002-10-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. “Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.

Download or read book Adrift in New York Esprios Classics written by Horatio Alger and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was an American writer. He wrote magazine stories and poems, a few novels for adults, and 100 plus boys' books. His boys' books were hugely popular. Alger was born in Massachusetts, and attended Harvard College. He became a Unitarian minister, but his career as a clergyman was brief. It ended when his congregation charged him with child molestation. Criminal charges were not placed against him, but his career in the church was finished. He moved to New York City to become a professional writer. In 1868, Alger found his place in the literary world with his fourth boys' book, Ragged Dick.

Download or read book Adrift in New York Large Print written by Horatio Alger and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adrift in New York: Large PrintBy Horatio Alger"If he had died, I might, as you say, have become reconciled; but he was abducted at the age of four by a revengeful servant whom I had discharged from my employment. Heaven knows whether he is living or dead, but it is impressed upon my mind that he still lives, it may be in misery, it may be as a criminal, while I, his unhappy father, live on in luxury which I cannot enjoy, with no one to care for me--"

Download or read book Neon in Daylight written by Hermione Hoby and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "A radiant first novel. . . . [Neon in Daylight] has antecedents in the great novels of the 1970s: Renata Adler’s Speedboat, Elizabeth Hardwick’s Sleepless Nights, Joan Didion’s Play It as It Lays. . . . Precision—of observation, of language—is Hoby’s gift. Her sentences are sleek and tailored. Language molds snugly to thought." —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "What do you get when a writer of extreme intelligence, insight, style and beauty chronicles the lives of self–absorbed hedonists—The Great Gatsby, Bright Lights, Big City, and now Neon in Daylight. Hermione Hoby paints a garish world that drew me in and held me spellbound. She is a marvel."" —Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth New York City in 2012, the sweltering summer before Hurricane Sandy hits. Kate, a young woman newly arrived from England, is staying in a Manhattan apartment while she tries to figure out her future. She has two unfortunate responsibilities during her time in America: to make regular Skype calls to her miserable boyfriend back home, and to cat–sit an indifferent feline named Joni Mitchell. The city has other plans for her. In New York's parks and bodegas, its galleries and performance spaces, its bars and clubs crowded with bodies, Kate encounters two strangers who will transform her stay: Bill, a charismatic but embittered writer made famous by the movie version of his only novel; and Inez, his daughter, a recent high school graduate who supplements her Bushwick cafe salary by enacting the fantasies of men she meets on Craigslist. Unmoored from her old life, Kate falls into an infatuation with both of them. Set in a heatwave that feels like it will never break, Neon In Daylight marries deep intelligence with captivating characters to offer us a joyful, unflinching exploration of desire, solitude, and the thin line between life and art.

Download or read book Adrift written by Brian Murphy and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of tragedy at sea where every desperate act meant life or death The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a few blankets, some water and biscuits, and thirteen souls. Only one would survive. This is his story. As they started their nine days adrift more than four hundred miles off Newfoundland, the castaways--an Irish couple and their two boys, an English woman and her daughter, newlyweds from Ireland, and several crewmen, including Thomas W. Nye from Fairhaven, Massachusetts--began fighting over food and water. One by one, though, day by day, they died. Some from exposure, others from madness and panic. In the end, only Nye and the ship's log survived. Using Nye's firsthand descriptions and later newspaper accounts, ship's logs, assorted diaries, and family archives, Brian Murphy chronicles the horrific nine days that thirteen people suffered adrift on the cold gray Atlantic. Adrift brings readers to the edge of human limits, where every frantic decision and desperate act is a potential life saver or life taker.

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Download or read book City Adrift written by Jenni Bergal and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricane Katrina was a stunning example of complete civic breakdown. Beginning on August 29, 2005, the world watched in horror as—despite all the warnings and studies—every system that might have protected New Orleans failed. Levees and canals buckled, pouring more than 100 billion gallons of floodwater into the city. Botched communications crippled rescue operations. Buses that might have evacuated thousands never came. Hospitals lost power, and patients lay suffering in darkness and stifling heat. At least 1,400 Louisianans died in Hurricane Katrina, more than half of them from New Orleans, and hundreds of thousands more were displaced, many still wondering if they will ever be able to return. How could all of this have happened in twenty-first-century America? And could it all happen again? To answer these questions, the Center for Public Integrity commissioned seven seasoned journalists to travel to New Orleans and investigate the storm’s aftermath. In City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina, they present their findings. The stellar roster of contributors includes Pulitzer Prize-winner John McQuaid, whose earlier work predicted the failure of the levees and the impending disaster; longtime Boston Globe newsman Curtis Wilkie, a French Quarter resident for nearly fifteen years; and Katy Reckdahl, an award-winning freelance journalist who gave birth to her son in a New Orleans hospital the day before Katrina hit. They and the rest of the investigative team interviewed homeowners and health officials, first responders and politicians, and evacuees and other ordinary citizens to explore the storm from numerous angles, including health care, social services, housing and insurance, and emergency preparedness. They also identify the political, social, geographical, and technological factors that compounded the tragedy. Comprehensive and balanced, City Adrift provides not only an assessment of what went wrong in the Big Easy during and following Hurricane Katrina, but also, more importantly, a road map of what must be done to ensure that such a devastating tragedy is never repeated.

Download or read book Adrift in New York written by Horatio Alger and published by VM eBooks. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boy approached the secretary, and with some tools he had brought essayed to open it. After a brief delay he succeeded, and lifted the cover. He was about to explore it, according to Tim's directions, when he heard a cry of fear, and turning swiftly saw Florence, her eyes dilated with terror, gazing at him.

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Download or read book Adrift in New York written by Horatio Alger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Adrift in New York: Or Tom and Florence Braving the World There was a shade of jealousy in the voice of Cur tis Waring as he entered the library through the open door, and approaching his uncle, pressed his hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Adrift in New York written by Horatio Alger, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CURTIS WARING followed the retreating form of his cousin with a sardonic smile."She is in the toils! She cannot escape me!" he muttered. "But"-and here his brow darkened-"itvexes me to see how she repels my advances, as if I were some loathsome thing! If only she wouldreturn my love-for I do love her, cold as she is-I should be happy. Can there be a rival? But no!we live so quietly that she has met no one who could win her affection. Why can she not turn to me?Surely, I am not so ill-favored, and though twice her age, I am still a young man. Nay, it is only ayoung girl's caprice. She shall yet come to my arms, a willing captive."His thoughts took a turn, as he arose from his seat, and walked over to the secretary."So it is here that the two wills are deposited!" he said to himself; "one making me a rich man, theother a beggar! While the last is in existence I am not safe. The boy may be alive, and liable to turnup at any moment. If only he were dead-or the will destroyed--" Here he made a suggestivepause.He took a bunch of keys from his pocket, and tried one after another, but without success. He wasso absorbed in his work that he did not notice the entrance of a dark-browed, broad-shoulderedman, dressed in a shabby corduroy suit, till the intruder indulged in a short cough, intended to drawattention.Starting with guilty consciousness, Curtis turned sharply around, and his glance fell on the intruder."Who are you?" he demanded, angrily. "And how dare you enter a gentleman's house unbidden?""Are you the gentleman?" asked the intruder, with intentional insolence."Yes.""You own this house?""Not at present. It is my uncle's.""And that secretary-pardon my curiosity-is his?""Yes; but what business is it of yours?""Not much. Only it makes me laugh to see a gentleman picking a lock. You should leave suchbusiness to men like me!"

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