Thirteen Stories of the Far West (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Thirteen Stories of the Far West

As to the stories themselves, he wishes to say that they are reports of actual experiences, written up from his note-book, with such changes in names, places and minor incidents as his personal safety seems to require. Some attempt has also been made to expurgate the language sufficiently to bring it within civilized lim its, without wholly losing its idiomatic flavor.

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Excerpt from Thirteen Stories of the Far West

So far as the author knows, this book has no particular 'mission'; it was not even written to 'fill a long felt want,' and if any reader should discover a want that it does fill, nicely, he will confer a favor on the author by notifying him to that effect - by mail.

As to the title - Thirteen - the author claims that its merit lies in its utter irrelevancy.

As to the stories themselves, he wishes to say that they are reports of actual experiences, written up from his note-book, with such changes in names, places and minor incidents as his personal safety seems to require. Some attempt has also been made to expurgate the language sufficiently to bring it within civilized limits, without wholly losing its idiomatic flavor.

The author awaits the verdict of the public with trepidation, but meekly submits his work - and starts at once for the Far East.

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.