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“frank sheffield”

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  • How I Killed the Tiger: Being an Account of My Encounter with a Royal Bengal Tiger

    by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Sheffield ...
    "Interesting account of a desperate hand-to-hand encounter between the author and a full-grown tiger." - BROAD ARROW"Interested me immensely, a very fine example of pluck and self-confidence." -F.C. Selous, 1902"It is impossible to read the incident here related without being affected both by its peril and pathos." – EXAMINER"Very interesting." -Winston Churchill, 1902"An exciting adventure, ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strategy Six Pack 7 (Illustrated)

    Six Essential Texts

    by Frank Sheffield ...
    “History is written by the winners.”― Napoleon Bonaparte.The Norman Conquest of England, Christopher Columbus, Richard III, a fight with a Royal Bengal tiger, the most famous prison diary of the American Civil War and a biography of George Washington – it’s all here in Strategy Six Pack 7, a mega-mash of military manuals, tactical texts and more:The Battle of Hastings 1066 by Edward Shepherd ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Edgar Allan Poe of Japan - Some Tales by Edogawa Rampo - With Some Stories Inspired by His Writings (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

    by Edogawa Rampo ...
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  • William Charles Baldwin, Another African Hunter, Illustrated

    by A H Guernsey ...
    A Brief Illustrated look at Baldwins adventures as a big game hunter in equatorial Africa during the mid 19th century. ... Read more

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  • An Adventure on the Coast of Australia 1853

    by Captain W Parker Snow ...
    The story of a near shipwreck and salvation of a small sloop off the coast of Australia in 1853. Good description of native customs. Illustrated. ... Read more

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  • Life with the Esquimaux 1860-1862

    by A H Guernsey ...
    An early exploration briefly describes life with the Inuit peoples during the mid nineteenth century. Illustrated. ... Read more

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  • Big Game Shooting - The Rhinoceros

    by F. J. Jackson ...
    This early guide is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. A detailed description of big game shooting that will prove of great interest to the hunting enthusiast or historian of the sport. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We ... Read more

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  • Life with the Greenland Esquimaux, Illustrated

    by W P Snow ...
    A journey to the home of the Esquimaux in Greenland during the mid Nineteenth Century exploring the Native customs and habits. ... Read more

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  • The King of the Amazons

    by Richard Francis Burton ...
    A trip through the ancient African Kingdom of Dahomey and description of the country and the king, Gelele and his customs. Annotated with Illustrations. ... Read more

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  • In Camp with the Katchins, Burma, Illustrated.

    by H E Colevile ...
    This report from an outpost of the British Empire in Northern Burma during the last decade of the nineteenth century highlights the colonial mindset. Written for an American Audience of the period. ... Read more

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  • An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

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    by Ambrose Bierce ...
    Peyton Farquhar, a confederate sympathizer, stands to be hanged for his role in a plot to demolish Owl Creek Bridge. As he awaits death, Farquhar considers the possibility of escape—the chances of slipping his bonds, swimming to safety, and returning to his family. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” recounts the final moments before Farquhar is hanged, exploring the feelings of a man facing his ... Read more

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