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...that Hugh shipped on the Bald Eagle with Captain Hargusson and went up and down the Mississippi. That is about all. Mark Twain, conjurer, used to tell about the Mississippi; and every page or two, he would come out from behind his screen and have a cigar with the reader???or a drink, maybe. Mr. Boyd does not use tobacco, in a literary way. His style is as impersonal as the river, and as grave. But, on that unlaughing surface, a boat is reflected, slipping down the river under a moon like a golden poker chip; people on board eating...
...most successful as well as one of the most individual smaller bookstores in America. This is the story of how it has become so?of its struggles, failures and successes?intelligent bookselling, intelligently and humorously described. The book is amusing and interesting enough in itself for any ordinary reader???to anyone who has ever dabbled or intended to dabble in the difficult trade of selling books, it is crammed with the most valuable sort of information...
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