The Midnight Passenger

The Midnight Passenger PDF Author: Richard Savage
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Category : American fiction
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Pages : 280

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The Midnight Passenger

The Midnight Passenger PDF Author: Richard Savage
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Pages : 280

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The Midnight Passenger

The Midnight Passenger PDF Author: Henry Richard Savage
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ISBN: 9781435344433
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Pages : 248

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The Midnight Passenger

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Pages : 268

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The Midnight Passenger: A Novel

The Midnight Passenger: A Novel PDF Author: Richard Savage
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ISBN: 3368348000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Reproduction of the original.

The Midnight Passenger

The Midnight Passenger PDF Author: Richard Henry Savage
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502370105
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Pages : 120

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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

The Midnight Passenger: A Novel

The Midnight Passenger: A Novel PDF Author: Richard Savage
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387048017
Category : Fiction
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Pages : 402

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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The Midnight Passenger

The Midnight Passenger PDF Author: Richard Henry Savage
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ISBN: 9781530186662
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Pages : 256

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Richard Henry Savage was an American military officer and author who wrote more than 40 books of adventure and mystery, based loosely on his own experiences. Savage's eloquent, witty, dashing and daring life may have been the inspiration for the pulp novel character Doc Savage. In his youth in San Francisco, Savage studied engineering and law, and graduated from the United States Military Academy. After a few years of surveying work with the Army Corps of Engineers, Savage went to Rome as an envoy following which he sailed to Egypt to serve a stint with the Egyptian Army. Returning home, Savage was assigned to assess border disputes between the U.S. and Mexico, and he performed railroad survey work in Texas. In Washington D.C., he courted and married a widowed noblewoman from Germany. Savage returned to San Francisco with his wife to stay for ten years, raising a daughter and taking part in a family business. He served at the rank of colonel in the California National Guard, and took part in the social activity of the city. During a period of anti-Chinese race riots, Savage stood up for law and order, and thereby gained the respect of San Francisco's leaders, property holders and middle class residents. Savage traveled to many exotic lands but in 1890 he was struck with jungle fever in Honduras. While recuperating in New York state he wrote his first book: My Official Wife. This very successful action-and-adventure story was followed by more, at the rate of about three per year, written for the general public rather than for literary critics; the latter were charmed by the first book but scathing of many later ones. Savage lived primarily in New York City, and was involved in lawsuits, especially against his New York publisher regarding unpaid royalties. When the Spanish-American War broke out, Savage volunteered to lead men in battle. Instead, he was given command of an engineering unit which then built a complete base in Havana. Returning to New York, he wrote more books and corresponded with his wife who traveled often to the Russian Empire to visit their daughter and her Russian husband. Four years after mustering out of the Army, Savage was knocked down and mortally wounded at the age of 57 by a horse and carriage on the streets of New York.

The Midnight Passenger

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Excerpt: The pulses of the young man were vaguely thrilled with the coming of spring, and so he complacently took in the never-ceasing tide of eager women, on the street's shady side, with one comprehensive and kindly glance. For six long years he had cautiously studied that same sea of always anxious faces! He well knew all the types from the disdainful woman of fashion, the crafty daughter of sin, the vacuous country visitor, down to the argus-eyed mere de famille, sternly resolute in her set purpose of making three dollars take the place of five, by some heaven-sent bargain. Countless times he had threaded this restless multitude, with an alert devotion to the interests of the Western Trading Company. He was, to the ordinary lounger, but the type of the average well-groomed New York business man. And yet, his watchful eyes swept keenly to right and left, as he breasted the singularly inharmonious waves of the weaker sex.

The Midnight Passenger (Esprios Classics)

The Midnight Passenger (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: Richard Henry Savage
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9781034288961
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Pages : 250

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Richard Henry Savage (June 12, 1846 - October 11, 1903) was an American military officer and author who wrote more than 40 books of adventure and mystery, based loosely on his own experiences. Savage's eloquent, witty, dashing and daring life may have been the inspiration for the pulp novel character Doc Savage. In his youth in San Francisco, Savage studied engineering and law, and graduated from the United States Military Academy. After a few years of surveying work with the Army Corps of Engineers, Savage went to Rome as an envoy following which he sailed to Egypt to serve a stint with the Egyptian Army. Returning home, Savage was assigned to assess border disputes between the US. and Mexico, and he performed railroad survey work in Texas.