Great American Short Novels
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9781417990917
Subjects: Historical fiction; Modern fiction; Short Stories (Anthologies); Fiction; Fiction - General; Historical - General
First sentence: IN THE year 1799, Captain Amasa Delano, of Duxbury, in Massachusetts, commanding a large sealer and general trader, lay at anchor, with a valuable cargo, in the harbour of St. Maria-a small, desert, uninhabited island towards the southern extremity of the long coast of Chili.