Cast Away In The Cold

Reproduction of the original: Cast Away in the Cold by John Hardy

Cast Away in the Cold - An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Reproduction of the original: Cast Away in the Cold by John Hardy

The children saw the old man before the old man saw the children; for the children were looking down the hill, while the old man, coming up the hill, was looking at his footsteps.

"[...]early period of my life, when I was a mere boy; in fact, the adventures which I shall now relate to you were the first I ever had. “To begin, then, at the very beginning, I must tell you that I was born quite near Rockdale. So you see I have good reason for always liking to come back here. It is like coming home, you know. The place of my birth is only eleven miles from Rockdale by the public road, which runs off there in a west-nor'westerly direction. “My mother died when I was six years old, but I remember her as a good and gentle woman. She was taken away,[...]".