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Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude
by Austin Bidwell
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About this book
About this book
The classic mystery novel by Austin Bidwell.
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Contents
50 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.
02Chapter II — "'TWAS EVER THUS." OF COURSE IT WAS.
03Chapter III — A LICENSED PIRATE.
04Chapter IV — FOOLS STUMBLING ON FORTUNES.
05Chapter V — WHEN BOSS TWEED WAS NEW YORK'S OWNER AND JIM FISK, PROPRIETOR OF OUR JUDGES.
06Chapter VI — CHEATED VISIONS AND VANISHED HOPES.
07Chapter VII — GILDED SIRS WHO ARE NOT WISE.
08Chapter VIII — THE MERRY SUMMER OVER AND NO HARVEST STORED.
09Chapter IX — "WE HAVE ANOTHER JOB FOR YOU."
10Chapter X — A NINETEENTH CENTURY PRODIGAL.
11Chapter XI — "CRACK THE LAWYER'S VOICE THAT HE MAY NEVER MORE FALSE TITLES PLEAD, NOR SOUND HIS QUILLETS SHRILLY."
12Chapter XII — RESTEZ ICI, MES ENFANTS.
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