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Recollections of a Runaway Boy

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This volume was published in 1903.

From the book's Introduction:

This is the life story of a man who, in the seventy-
six years he has traveled about the world, has proven
the old saying that truth is stranger than fiction. Un-
like the novelist, who draws upon a vivid imagination
for his tales of adventure, the hero of this story has but
to draw upon his memory of events he has seen — in
most of which he has been an actor. The events
herein recorded are mostly incidents jotted down in
leisure moments the past few, years for the amusement
of children and grandchildren, and they may also find
much to instruct them in the ways of the world fifty,
and even seventy years ago.

Ireland was my birthplace, and the date was April
lo, 1827. That was in County Derry, near Curran.
My father's people were of Welsh stock, and my
mother Scotch, though both were born in Ireland.
Shortly after my arrival in the family my parents
moved to Entrem, where father took charge of John
McChesney's Blichgreen. I was my father's name-
sake and he was very fond of me. The first incident
I can remember was one day I was sitting on his knee.
He was smoking, and ashes fell from his pipe and
burned my little body. He was sorely grieved, and
threw away his pipe, declaring he would never smoke
again. And he never did.

Pages: 135

Format: Kindle Edition

Recollections of a Runaway Boy

5/5 ( ratings)

This volume was published in 1903.

From the book's Introduction:

This is the life story of a man who, in the seventy-
six years he has traveled about the world, has proven
the old saying that truth is stranger than fiction. Un-
like the novelist, who draws upon a vivid imagination
for his tales of adventure, the hero of this story has but
to draw upon his memory of events he has seen — in
most of which he has been an actor. The events
herein recorded are mostly incidents jotted down in
leisure moments the past few, years for the amusement
of children and grandchildren, and they may also find
much to instruct them in the ways of the world fifty,
and even seventy years ago.

Ireland was my birthplace, and the date was April
lo, 1827. That was in County Derry, near Curran.
My father's people were of Welsh stock, and my
mother Scotch, though both were born in Ireland.
Shortly after my arrival in the family my parents
moved to Entrem, where father took charge of John
McChesney's Blichgreen. I was my father's name-
sake and he was very fond of me. The first incident
I can remember was one day I was sitting on his knee.
He was smoking, and ashes fell from his pipe and
burned my little body. He was sorely grieved, and
threw away his pipe, declaring he would never smoke
again. And he never did.

Pages: 135

Format: Kindle Edition

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