| A Far Country, Vol2 Contributor(s): Churchill, Winston (Author), 1st World Library (Editor), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421806797 ISBN-13: 9781421806792 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2006 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.88 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This was not my first visit to the state capital. Indeed, some of that recondite knowledge, in which I took a pride, had been gained on the occasions of my previous visits. Rising and dressing early, I beheld out of the car window the broad, shallow river glinting in the morning sunlight, the dome of the state house against the blue of the sky. Even at that early hour groups of the gentlemen who made our laws were scattered about the lobby of the Potts House, standing or seated within easy reach of the gaily coloured cuspidors that protected the marble floor: heavy-jawed workers from the cities mingled with moon-faced but astute countrymen who manipulated votes amongst farms and villages; fat or cadaverous, Irish, German or American, all bore in common a certain indefinable stamp. Having eaten my breakfast in a large dining-room that resounded with the clatter of dishes, I directed my steps to the apartment occupied from year to year by Colonel Paul Barney, generalissimo of the Railroad on the legislative battlefield, - a position that demanded a certain uniqueness of genius. |