The red-hot dollar, and other stories from the Black Cat (eBook)

Herman Daniel Umbstaetter, Jack London (Autoren)

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2025
107 Seiten
epubli (Verlag)
978-3-8187-8015-9 (ISBN)

Infos

It lacked three minutes of five by the big clock in the tower when the east-bound Chicago express rumbled into the station at Buffalo. The train had not yet come to a standstill when a hatless man jumped from the platform of the rear sleeping-car and ran across the tracks into the depot restaurant. A few minutes later he reappeared, carrying a cup of coffee in one hand and a small paper bag in the other.
With these he hurriedly made his way back to the car through a straggling procession of drowsy tourists, who were taking advantage of the train's five minutes' stop to breathe the crisp morning air. The last of these had already resumed his seat when the man without a hat again appeared at the lunch counter, returned the borrowed dishes, and ordered coffee for himself. He had just picked up the cup and was raising it to his lips when the conductor's "All aboard" rang through the station.

Autor

Herman Daniel Umbstaetter (February 26, 1851 – November 25, 1913) was an American businessman and founder of the magazine The Black Cat.John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London,was an American novelist, journalist and activist.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2025
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Schlagworte: action • Aventure • Fiction • Literature • Roman • Thriller • Western
• ISBN-10: 3-8187-8015-3 / 3818780153
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8187-8015-9 / 9783818780159