tailieunhanh - Martin Rattler Ballantyne, Robert Michael

He had fat rosy cheeks, a round rosy mouth, a straight delicately-formed nose, a firm massive chin, and a broad forehead. But the latter was seldom visible, owing to the thickly-clustering fair curls that overhung it. When asleep Martin's face was the perfection of gentle innocence. But the instant he opened his dark-brown eyes, a thousand dimples and wrinkles played over his visage, chiefly at the corners of his mouth and round his eyes; | feedboo is Martin Rattler Ballantyne Robert Michael Published 1858 Categorie s Fiction Action Adventure Juvenile Young Adult Source http etext 13290 1 About Ballantyne R. M. Ballantyne April 24 1825 - February 8 1894 was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson s Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847 and published his first book the following year Hudson s Bay or Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable the publishers but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated. Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Ballantyne The Norsemen in the West 1872 The Coral Island 1857 Erling the Bold 1869 The Dog Crusoe and His Master 1894 The Young Fur Traders 1856 Jarwin and Cuffy 1900 Post Haste 1880 Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 MY DEAR YOUNG READERS In presenting this book to you I have only to repeat what I have said in the prefaces of my former works namely that all the important points and anecdotes are true only the minor and unimportant ones being mingled with fiction. With this single remark I commit my work to your hands and wish you a pleasant ramble in spirit through the romantic forests of Brazil. Yours affectionately . BALLANTYnE. October 1858.