Excerpt from The Man Apart The Ostend packet was preparing for sea. Steam hissed from her pipes, pale fumes rose from her funnels, the noisy rattle of the cranes by her side accompanied the steady swing of luggage into her forward holds. Passengers poured on to the upper decks, and scrambled aft for sheltered seats wharf-hands, shouldering all sorts of baggage, ran from the dockside trains to the steamer, jostling one another for their turn over the gangways in pursuit of their various clients. The scene, indeed, looked so ...
Read More
Excerpt from The Man Apart The Ostend packet was preparing for sea. Steam hissed from her pipes, pale fumes rose from her funnels, the noisy rattle of the cranes by her side accompanied the steady swing of luggage into her forward holds. Passengers poured on to the upper decks, and scrambled aft for sheltered seats wharf-hands, shouldering all sorts of baggage, ran from the dockside trains to the steamer, jostling one another for their turn over the gangways in pursuit of their various clients. The scene, indeed, looked so full of an individual and peculiar animation that it was hard to conceive of its repetition thrice daily throughout the year.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
Read Less
Add this copy of The Man Apart Classic Reprint to cart. $24.99, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Forgotten Books.
Add this copy of The Man Apart (Classic Reprint) to cart. $35.24, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Forgotten Books.
