The Young Marooners on the Florida Coast: Or, Robert and HaroldDodd, Mead, 1887 - 452 pages The adventures of a family in Florida in 1830. |
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... Gordon ; or , When I was Little Boy " ( 1869 ) , and " The Woodruff Stories " ( 1870 ) . With the exception of " Little Josephine " and the " Hymn - Book , " they have all been republished abroad . Born near Mid- way , Liberty County ...
... Gordon ; or , When I was Little Boy " ( 1869 ) , and " The Woodruff Stories " ( 1870 ) . With the exception of " Little Josephine " and the " Hymn - Book , " they have all been republished abroad . Born near Mid- way , Liberty County ...
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... Gordon , his three children , Robert , Mary , and Frank ; his sister's son , Harold McIntosh , and four servants . Dr. Gordon was a wealthy physician , who re- sided , during the winter , upon the seaboard of Georgia , and during the ...
... Gordon , his three children , Robert , Mary , and Frank ; his sister's son , Harold McIntosh , and four servants . Dr. Gordon was a wealthy physician , who re- sided , during the winter , upon the seaboard of Georgia , and during the ...
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... Gordon paid her a visit , for the two - fold purpose of con- dolence and of aiding in the settlement of her affairs . She was so greatly pleased with the gen- tlemanly bearing and the decided intelligence of Robert , who on this ...
... Gordon paid her a visit , for the two - fold purpose of con- dolence and of aiding in the settlement of her affairs . She was so greatly pleased with the gen- tlemanly bearing and the decided intelligence of Robert , who on this ...
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... Gordon special reasons why he should also take his eldest daugh- ter , Mary , who was about eleven years of age , and his second son , Frank , who was between seven and eight . The addition of these younger per- sons to the party ...
... Gordon special reasons why he should also take his eldest daugh- ter , Mary , who was about eleven years of age , and his second son , Frank , who was between seven and eight . The addition of these younger per- sons to the party ...
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... Gordon , now nearly fourteen years of age , had a great thirst for knowledge . Stimulated con- tinually by the instructive conversation of his father , who spared no pains in his education , he drew rapidly from all the sources opened ...
... Gordon , now nearly fourteen years of age , had a great thirst for knowledge . Stimulated con- tinually by the instructive conversation of his father , who spared no pains in his education , he drew rapidly from all the sources opened ...
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Page 387 - ... life. Sam's heart began to beat softly, and shortly after he gave a sigh. The boys were nearly exhausted by their protracted efforts, but still they kept on ; and it was well they did, for many a person has been lost by neglect after life seemed to have been restored. When the patient was sufficiently recovered to swallow, Robert poured down his throat some warm water and sugar, remarking it was a pity they had brought none of the wines or spirits which were so abundant on shipboard. " There...