Charles Neville Buck

A Pagan of the Hills (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Excerpt: "Between precipices echoed the crash of ice sliding loose and splintering as it fell in ponderous masses. Men sweating in the glare of collossal bonfires toiled at the work of re-inforcing the dam. They had been faithful; they were still faithful, but the stress of exhaustion was beginning to sap their morale; to drive them into irritability so that, under the strain of almost superhuman exertion, they threatened to break. Brent was not of their blood and knew little of how to handle them, and though Parson Acup was indefatigable, his face became more and more apprehensive. "Ef we kin hold ''em at hit till ther crack of day, we''ve got a right gay chanst ter save them big sticks," he announced bluntly to Brent near midnight. "But hit hain''t in reason ter expect men ter plum kill themselves off fer ther profit of somebody else--an'' him likely ter be dead by termorrer"."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 151
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783985319442
• Artikelnr.: 63586002

Autorenporträt

Charles Neville Buck was an American author who lived from April 15, 1879, to August 10, 1957. Many of his books were turned into plays and movies during the silent film era. A boy named him was born in Woodford County, Kentucky. As a child, Charles William Buck worked in Peru for President Grover Cleveland and wrote a book called Under the Sun about the Inca time. His grandpa on his mom's side was the dean of the medical school at the University of Kentucky. Buck was born near Midway, Kentucky. He grew up in Kentucky, except for the four years he spent in South America with his dad. In 1898, Buck got his degree from the University of Louisville. There were many parts to his books, like Battle Cry in Munsey's Magazine. The story took place in the Cumberland Mountains in Kentucky. Several of his books have pictures inside them by different artists. He writes stories about the mountain guys of Kentucky and the things they do. His first job was as a cartoonist for a year. After that, he worked as a writer in Kentucky for several years. He went to New York City when his writing career took off.