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How the Laconia sank : the militia mobilization on the Mexican border : two masterpieces of reporting

Floyd Phillips Gibbons 1887-1939

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... Captain W. R. D. Irvine, the ship's commander, I had mentioned that I would like to see a chart and note our position on the ocean. He replied: "O, would you?" with a smiling, rising inflection that meant, "It is jolly well none of your business." Prior to this my cheery early morning steward had told us that we would make Liverpool by Monday night and I used this information in another question to the captain. "When do we land?" I asked. "I don't know," replied Capt. Irvine, but my steward told me later it would be Tuesday after dinner. II TORPEDOED AT NIGHT WITHOUT WARNING The first cabin passengers were gathered in the lounge Sunday evening, with the exception of the bridge fiends in the smoke-room. "Poor Butterfly" was dying wearily on the talking machine and several couples were dancing. About the tables in the smoke-room the conversation was limited to the announcement of bids and orders to the stewards. Before the fireplace was a little gathering which had been dubbed as the Hyde Park corner--an allusion I don't quite fully understand. This group had about exhausted available discussion when I projected a new bone of contention. "What do you say are our chances of being torpedoed?" I asked. "Well," drawled the deliberative Mr. Henry Chetham, a London solicitor, "I should say four thousand to one." Lucien J. Jerome, of the British diplomatic service, returning with an Ecuadorian valet from South America, interjected: "Considering the zone and the class of this ship, I should put it down at two hundred and fifty to one that we don't meet a sub." At this moment the ship gave a sudden lurch sideways and forward. There was a muffled noise like the slamming of some large door at a good distance away. The slightness of the shock and the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How the Laconia sank : the militia mobilization on the Mexican border : two masterpieces of reporting. To get started finding How the Laconia sank : the militia mobilization on the Mexican border : two masterpieces of reporting, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... Captain W. R. D. Irvine, the ship's commander, I had mentioned that I would like to see a chart and note our position on the ocean. He replied: "O, would you?" with a smiling, rising inflection that meant, "It is jolly well none of your business." Prior to this my cheery early morning steward had told us that we would make Liverpool by Monday night and I used this information in another question to the captain. "When do we land?" I asked. "I don't know," replied Capt. Irvine, but my steward told me later it would be Tuesday after dinner. II TORPEDOED AT NIGHT WITHOUT WARNING The first cabin passengers were gathered in the lounge Sunday evening, with the exception of the bridge fiends in the smoke-room. "Poor Butterfly" was dying wearily on the talking machine and several couples were dancing. About the tables in the smoke-room the conversation was limited to the announcement of bids and orders to the stewards. Before the fireplace was a little gathering which had been dubbed as the Hyde Park corner--an allusion I don't quite fully understand. This group had about exhausted available discussion when I projected a new bone of contention. "What do you say are our chances of being torpedoed?" I asked. "Well," drawled the deliberative Mr. Henry Chetham, a London solicitor, "I should say four thousand to one." Lucien J. Jerome, of the British diplomatic service, returning with an Ecuadorian valet from South America, interjected: "Considering the zone and the class of this ship, I should put it down at two hundred and fifty to one that we don't meet a sub." At this moment the ship gave a sudden lurch sideways and forward. There was a muffled noise like the slamming of some large door at a good distance away. The slightness of the shock and the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How the Laconia sank : the militia mobilization on the Mexican border : two masterpieces of reporting. To get started finding How the Laconia sank : the militia mobilization on the Mexican border : two masterpieces of reporting, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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