Richard Harding Davis

Broschiertes Buch

The Princess Aline & the Man Who Could Not Lose

Beschreibung

"The Princess Aline" - Morton Carlton, a portrait-painter of international reputation, is unlucky in love. It's not that he never meets the right women. It's only that when the right "one" comes along, he changes his mind. Indeed, it seems he is destined to forever wander like a lost votary through Venus's domains. But one day a change appears on the horizon. He sees a portrait of the Princess Aline of Hohenwald in an illustrated newspaper, and falls madly in love with his artist's conception of her. Throwing all to the winds, he resolves to go to Europe and look her up. The quest begins. As is usual with Davis's stories, the plot moves right along. There are interesting diversions in each of the major capitals at which the travelers stop, and these give unmistakable local color and interest to the whole. However, the preservation of Imperial Europe's unique flavor is what gives this novel its chief value. Published in 1895. * * * * "The Man Who Could Not Lose" - Published in 1911 and updated with an additional story in 1917, these eight stories continue Davis's fine tradition of dramatic and gripping writing. Beginning with a nearly destitute couple who risk their last savings on a race-track dream, then to a Foreign Service Civil Agent who risks his career refusing the demands of a powerful Senator, to a reporter who believes a story is hidden in a piece of paper found in a street gutter, these stories will keep you spell-bound in your seat. The stories included are: "The Man Who Could Not Lose," "My Buried Treasure," "The Consul," "The Nature Faker," "Billy and the Big Stick," "The Frame-Up," "The Lost House," and "The Log of the 'Jolly Polly'." Includes a commemorative foreword written by Leonard Wood. * * * * This volume includes the complete text of all the stories, published in 1895, 1911, 1915, and 1917. Also included are the original 18 full-page illustrations that graced these stories. * * * * Check our other Children's, Juvenile, and Adult books at www.FlyingChipmunkPublishing.com, or Like us on Facebook for our latest releases.

Autor

Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist, fiction and drama writer who is best remembered for becoming the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and WWI. His writing considerably helped Theodore Roosevelt's political career. He also played a significant effect in the evolution of American magazines. His impact extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with popularizing the clean-shaven style among males at the start of the twentieth century. Davis was born April 18, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Rebecca Harding Davis, was a well-known writer in her day. His father, Lemuel Clarke Davis, was a journalist who edited the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Davis attended Episcopal Academy when he was a young man. After an unsatisfactory year at Swarthmore College, Davis relocated to Lehigh University, where his uncle, H. Wilson Harding, was a professor. Davis' first book, a collection of short stories titled The Adventures of My Freshman (1884), was published while he was at Lehigh. Many of the tales had previously appeared in the student magazine, the Lehigh Burr. Davis attended Johns Hopkins University after transferring in 1885.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Flying Chipmunk Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781617204234
• ISBN-10: 1617204234
• Artikelnr.: 34470520