Opis: Ben Blair - Lillibridge William Otis

Excerpt from Ben Blair: The Story of a Plainsman

Even in a community where unsavory reputations were the rule, Mick Kennedy's saloon was of evil repute. In a land new and wild, his establishment was the wildest, partook most of the unsubdued, unevolved character of its surroundings. There, as irresistibly as gravitation calls the falling apple, came from afar and near - mainly from afar - the malcontent, the restless, the reckless, seeking - instinctively gregarious - the crowd, the excitement of the green-covered table, the temporary oblivion following the gulping of fiery red liquor.

Great splendid animals were the men who gathered there; hairy, powerful, strong-voiced from combat with prairie wind and frontier distance; devoid of a superfluous ounce of flesh, their trousers, uniformly baggy at the knees, bearing mute testimony to the many hours spent in the saddle; the bare unprotected skin of their hands and faces speaking likewise of constant contact with sun and storm.

By the broad glow of daylight the place was anything but inviting.

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Szczegóły: Ben Blair - Lillibridge William Otis

Nazwa: Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Lillibridge William Otis
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330002803
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 344
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Ben Blair - Lillibridge William Otis