The Efficiency Expert - Softcover

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612033520 ISBN 13: 9781612033525

Verlag: Bottom of the Hill Publishing, 2011

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Jimmy Torrance was a hero in college. A champion boxer, star of the baseball team and one of the most popular guys on campus. On graduating Jimmy refuses the help of his wealthy father, determined to be his own man. Unable to find a "respectable" job he barely scratches out a living as a waiter, rubbing shoulders with Chicago's underworld. When the right job does come along the shady characters from his past return to haunt him ... and Jimmy finds himself being framed for a murder charge. It was 10:30 when Jimmy reached the plant. He entered with his own latch key, pressed the button which lighted the stairway and the landing above, and, asending, went straight to Mr. Compton's office, turned the knob, and opened the door, to find that the interior was dark. "Strange" he thought, "that after sending for me, the fellow didn't wait" As these thoughts passed through his mind hefumbled on the wallfor the switch, and, finding it, flooded the office with light. As he turned again towards the room he voiced a sudden exclamation oftorror, for on thefloor, beside his desk lay the body of Mason Compton! Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, "Lost worlds" and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter.

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The creator of the immortal characters Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of the world's most popular authors. His timeless tales of heroes and heroines transport readers from the jungles of Africa and the dead sea bottoms of Barsoom to the miles-high forests of Amtor and the savage inner world of Pellucidar, and even to alien civilizations beyond the farthest star. Mr. Burroughs' books are estimated to have sold hundreds of millions of copies, and they have spawned 60 films and 250 television episodes.

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• Verlag: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1612033520
• ISBN 13: 9781612033525
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 134
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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