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Excerpt from With the Border Ruffians: Memories of the Far West, 1852-1868
His father and mother intended him for the Church he himself had aspirations for the Army, or the Indian Service, but neither could be managed for lack of means.
Finally he went to sea as a middy on Messrs. Green's East Indiaman the Madagascar, sailing from London in February, 1848, when he was nearly seventeen years old. Green's was in those days the best service II: England; but it was too staid, too quiet, for a youth like this. Thirsting for adventure, so after one voyage to India he gave it up.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book follows the true story of a young Englishman who, in 1852, set out to find his fortune in the untamed lands of America. The author provides a vivid, firsthand account of the culture clash that ensued between the experienced young traveler and the self-reliant farmers and frontiersmen of the time. The book brilliantly explores the vast differences between the refined European society and the rough-and-ready lifestyle of the American frontier during a time of great political turmoil in the lead-up to the Civil War. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9781331545644_0
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