The Mucker
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ISBN10: 1419174746
ISBN13: 9781419174742
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781419174742
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
The Mucker is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It tells the story of Billy Byrne, a tough and uneducated street fighter from Chicago who gets involved in a series of adventures in the early 20th century. After a fight with a rival gang, Byrne flees to San Francisco and becomes a sailor. He is later shipwrecked on a deserted island where he meets a wealthy man named Bridge and his daughter Barbara. Together, they embark on a journey to the South Seas where they encounter pirates, cannibals, and other dangers. Along the way, Byrne falls in love with Barbara and must confront his own violent past. The novel explores themes of redemption, love, and the clash between civilization and savagery.BILLY BYRNE was a product of the streets and alleys of Chicago's great West Side. From Halsted to Robey, and from Grand Avenue to Lake Street there was scarce a bartender whom Billy knew not by his first name. And, in proportion to their number which was considerably less, he knew the patrolmen and plain clothes men equally as well, but not so pleasantly.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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