Alfred Greenwood Hales
My Life of Adventure
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books March 14, 2018)
Excerpt from My Life of Adventure
Looking back on those far-off days, I cannot honestly say I think I was a really bad boy, but the love of fun and mischief was ingrained in my being. I had to travel a good many miles to school, and generally had to find a new way home every night. Folks on my line of march were so fond of me that they used to follow me home, and the things they said to my dear old mother for bringing me into the world reflected more credit on their powers of oratory than on her maternal wisdom. She used to tell me I would bring her grey hairs with sorrow to the grave, but as she did not die until she was nearly eighty the memory of those pathetic speeches does not keep me awake at night at present.
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Looking back on those far-off days, I cannot honestly say I think I was a really bad boy, but the love of fun and mischief was ingrained in my being. I had to travel a good many miles to school, and generally had to find a new way home every night. Folks on my line of march were so fond of me that they used to follow me home, and the things they said to my dear old mother for bringing me into the world reflected more credit on their powers of oratory than on her maternal wisdom. She used to tell me I would bring her grey hairs with sorrow to the grave, but as she did not die until she was nearly eighty the memory of those pathetic speeches does not keep me awake at night at present.
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.
- ISBN
- 0364551860 / 9780364551868
- Pages
- 398
- Weight
- 24.16 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.88 in.
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