Books with author Edward Elmer Smith

Excerpt from A History of the Schools of Syracuse From Its Early Settlement to January 1, 1893Schools were taught at an early date, without doubt, in private houses at what was known as Salt Point, now the First Ward of the city, and one Capt. Connor kept school in a salt block, where he divided his time between teaching and salt boiling. The Onondaga Centennial Almanac, published in 1886, savs this was about 1797.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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First book in the classic Skylark series by "Doc" Smith. From rear cover: "It started on Earth... Scientist Richard Seaton had discovered the secret of complete release of ultimate energy--the key to space flight. The powerful, unscrupulous DuQuesne, backed by a great industrial combine, tried murder and theft to gain the secret. DuQuesne struck--and it ended in space. Seaton, DuQuesne and three others--two of them women--were marooned countless light years from Earth...." Original copyright 1928.