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A little lost gem of a book
Although Eben Holden is the title of the book, it's really about the life story of the narrator, Willie Brower. Willie is orphaned at a young age. Old Eben carries the child away, literally, into a new life in what I take to be New York. Willie records the travels through the wilderness, their adoption into a new home, and the homespun yarns of Eben and others. As he grows up, Willie becomes Bill, tries his hand at wooing the talented Hope, gets a job as a journalist only to quit and join the army just in time for the first battle of Bull Run. It's a quaint, simple story published in 1900 and would be suitible reading for young people. There is a description of the battle but I wouldn't consider it too bloody. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Irving (Addison) Bacheller, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1950 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Near the end of my fourteenth year I was apprenticed to Valentine, King & Co., cotton importers, Liverpool, as a "pair of legs." My father had died suddenly, leaving me and his property in the possession of my stepmother and my guardian. It was in deference to their urgent advice that I left my home in London (with little reluctance, since my life there had never been happy) to study the art of money-making. On arriving at the scene of my expected triumphs I was assigned to the somewhat humble position of errand boy. In common with other boys who performed a like service for the firm I was known as "a pair of legs." Lodgings of a rather modest character had been secured for me in the western outskirts of the city near the banks of the Mersey. I was slow to make friends, and my evenings were spent in the perusal of some story books, which I had brought with me from London. One night, not long after the beginning of my new life in Liverpool, I was lying in bed listening to the wind and rain beating over the housetops and driving against the windows, when suddenly there came a loud rap at my door. ... Read more

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