A Son of the Forge (Classic Reprint)
Author | : Robert Blatchford |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2017-11-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 033106491X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780331064919 |
Rating | : 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Son of the Forge I was born at Halesowen, in the Black Country. My father was a chain-maker, and I worked with him from the earliest time I can remember until the day of his death. He was an ignorant man, violent in temper, and given to drink. Every Satur day he would come home half mad, and would thrash me without mercy. Sometimes he would thrash my sister also; but he never neglected me, and I was glad to get into the coal-hole, or any other place of refuge. When I heard his step. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.