From Sword to Share
Subtitle: Or, a fortune in five years at Hawaii
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: March 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781402151095
Subjects: Hawaii,description,travel,Henry Whalley,Nicholson; History / United States / General; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
First sentence: WITHIN the ordinary period allotted to the oldest inhabitants of Mayfair generally, and to the venerable Hall Porter of the Broad Arrow Club in particular, some three or four ex-army men were discussing brandies-and-soda with that never-to-be-exhausted topic of "ways and means," in the luxurious smoking-room of the aforesaid palatial bachelor's home.