Author : Norman Maclean
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332837304
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (373 download)
Book Synopsis Dwellers in the Mist (Classic Reprint) by : Norman Maclean
Download or read book Dwellers in the Mist (Classic Reprint) written by Norman Maclean and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dwellers in the Mist Once a week, and he has become a dreamer Of 'dreams, a gazer at clouds, a listener to the voices Of the sea. Thither he brought his wife from the great city; she would be there but a little while, he told her; and 'mid his loneliness she alone could cheer and comfort him. When the little child came to them he was at rest. On the long winter nights by his peat fire he loved to bury himself in his books. Sometimes it would be Gibbon, sometimes the ponderous pages Of Milman; but he would suddenly sit up and listen eagerly when he heard the patter of little feet along the long, agged lobby which led from his study to the back Of the windy manse. He knew well what followed the impatient tapping of little hands at the closed 'door, the imperious childish cry, Ope' doo', Dada, ope' doo' the clambering up on his knees, and the throwing away Of his books in Obedience to the order, Bookie away, Dada, bookie away! And the half-hour Of perfect contentment as he played hide and seek in the dark corners where the shadows cast by the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
