The Young Wireless Operator With The Oyster Fleet

Author : Lewis E. Theiss
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781397291738
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book The Young Wireless Operator, with the U. S. Secret Service: Winning His Way in the Secret Service (Classic Reprint) written by Lewis E. Theiss and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Young Wireless Operator, With the U. S. Secret Service: Winning His Way in the Secret Service T may interest readers of The Young Wire less Operator series to know that most of the happenings in these books are based upon actual occurrences. Years ago, as a reporter, the author wrote for the New York Sun the stories of the auction of bled wool, the cotton-lined cabin, the mystery of the wheat sacks, and other accounts of the work of the United States Secret Service, that appear in this present volume. Although some of the characters in the book are of course fictitious, others, like Sheridan of the Secret Service, are real characters who actually did the things they are portrayed as doing. Of course names have been changed. The practice of keep ing note-books and clippings that had to do with work the writer was engaged in, has made all this material available for present use, and brought it once more freshly to mind. The descriptions of parts of New York and her wonderful water ways are written from intimate, personal knowl edge of the places described. In effect, therefore, The Young Wireless Operator - With the U. S. Secret Service is a true story. To make all the tales in this series true has been the earnest desire of the writer. That does not mean that every incident described necessarily happened. It does mean that the incidents used are not only possible under the circumstances, but probable, and that the descriptions are exact and accurate. The picture of life portrayed is in each case as exact as careful observation and careful writing can make it. Before the author prepared the preceding volume of this series, The Young Wireless Operator - With the Oyster Fleet, he first went to the Delaware Bay and made a cruise on an oyster boat, living aboard with the crew and sharing their life and labors. Furthermore, he had lived for twenty years in that country and had spent many weeks, in all, cruising about on oyster boats. 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.