Vaughan Kester

The Manager of the B. & A. A Novel

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Manager of the B. & A." Written by means of Vaughan Kester is ready within the overdue 1800s and indicates the struggles and successes of human beings as they are attempting to make their manner through an America that is changing speedy. The story is in the main about the busy global of railroad management and the existence of the primary person, who is the Manager of the Boston and Albany Railroad. As the manager, the main individual has to cope with the problems of going for walks a success enterprise, overseeing a super railway system, and dealing with company intrigue and hard-work disagreements. Romance, business drama, and adjustments in society are all woven into the story, which gives a complete picture of the generation. Kester memories catch the mood of the time by means of searching into the economic and social changes that came about inside the past due 1800s. The characters are well-precise, and the uncommon seems at how their personal lives hook up with the larger issues occurring in an America that is quick becoming industrialized. The author of "The Manager of the B. & A." had a variety of sharp notes approximately how society changed into changing on the time, and the tale is rich and interesting.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double9 Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9789360460372
• ISBN-10: 9360460370
• Artikelnr.: 69892913

Autorenporträt

Vaughan Kester, also written as Vaughan, was an American author and reporter who lived from September 12, 1869, to July 4, 1911. He had a brother named Paul Kester, who wrote plays and books and lived from 1870 to 1933. His style and subjects were shaped by the places he visited in the western and southern U.S. and by William Dean Howells, who was a cousin of his mother. In 1916, J.P. McGowan directed a movie based on his book The Manager of the B&A, which starred Leo Maloney and Helen Holmes. The movie was re-released in 1921 under the title The Man from Medicine Hat. In Ohio, on August 31, 1898, he married Jessie B. Jennings. They didn't have any kids. In 1902, he bought Woodlawn Plantation with his brother and fixed it up. He lived at Gunston Hall from 1907 until he died there. It was there that he wrote The Prodigal Judge. His mother put a memorial in Pohick Church, which used to be Gunston Hall's parish church, to remember him.