The Gringos Illustrated
A Story of the Old California Days in 1849: If you would glimpse the savage which normally lies asleep, thank God, in most of us, you have only to do this thing of which I shall tell you, and from some safe sanctuary where leaden couriers may not bear prematurely the tidings of man's debasement, watch the world below. You may see civilization swing back with a snap to savagery and worse - because savagery enlightened by the civilization of centuries is a deadly thing to let loose among men. Our savage forebears were but superior animals groping laboriously after economic security and a social condition that would yield most prolifically the fruit of all the world's desire, happiness; to-day, when we swing back to something akin to savagery, we do it for lust of gain, like our forebears, but we do it wittingly
Yazar | B M Bower |
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Yayın Evi | Independently Published; Illustrated basım |
Kolektif İspanyolca HACHETTE LIVRE-BNF Outlook Verlag E. M. Forster F Scott Fitzgerald Leopold Classic Library İtalyanca İngilizce G.A. Henty Independently Published; Illustrated basım Independently published H. G. Wells B. M. Bower Salzwasser-Verlag GmbH Almanca Fransızca Türkçe
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Baskı Detayları
Yazar | B M Bower |
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İsbn 13 | 979-8682339990 |
Yayın Evi | Independently Published; Illustrated basım |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 13.97 x 1.52 x 21.59 cm |
De olduğu gibi | B08HGZJHR9 |
tarafından gönderildi The Gringos Illustrated | 3 Eylül 2020 |