Excerpt from Love of Life: And Other Stories
Hey limped painfully down the bank, and I once the foremost of the two men staggered among the rough-strewn rocks. They were tired and weak, and their faces had the drawn expression of patience which comes of hardship long endured. They were heavily burdened with blanket packs which were strapped to their shoulders. {head-straps, passing across the forehead, helped sup port these packs. Each man carried a ri?e. They walked in a stooped posture, the shoulders well forward, the head still farther forward, the eyes bent upon the ground.
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ISBN: | 9781331259152 |
Publication date: | 23rd April 2018 |
Author: | Jack London |
Publisher: | Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 274 pages |
Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |