On and Off Shore or the Adventures of a Cape Ann Boy
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781417952113
Subjects: Adventure / thriller; Action & Adventure; Fiction; Fiction - General
First sentence: "Strike one!" "Two strikes!" In clarion tones the umpire's words sounded over the ball field, and a prolonged wail of despair went up from the several hundred schoolboys who had gathered behind third base, while from near first the captain of the home team raised a megaphone to his lips and called to the base runner at second: Steady, Runt; it is up to you now, sure thing!