The Road - Jack London - Books -  - 9798692593184 - January 4, 2021
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The Road

Book Excerpt: ..."Seventy-one.""It was destroyed in the great earthquake of 1887," I explained. "It was very old."There was a pause. He was busy reconstructing in his old eyes the youthful vision of that fair temple by the sea."The stairway is still there," I aided him. "You can see it from all over the harbor. And you remember that little island on the right-hand side coming into the harbor?" I guess there must have been one there (I was prepared to shift it over to the left-hand side), for he nodded. "Gone," I said. "Seven fathoms of water there now."I had gained a moment for breath. While he pondered on time's changes, I prepared the finishing touches of my story."You remember the custom-house at Bombay?"He remembered it."Burned to the ground," I announced."Do you remember Jim Wan?" he came back at me. "Dead," I said; but who the devil Jim Wan was I hadn't the slightest idea. I was on thin ice again."Do you remember Billy Harper, at Shanghai?...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 4, 2021
ISBN13 9798692593184
Pages 114
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 6 mm   ·   163 g
Language English  

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