The Adventures of Matt, Crowbar and Shane in the Lost City by the Bay

By Anthony M Manno Jr.

This is an adventure story about two young men looking for a lost ancient city in the year 3019. What they discover is their past and future along the way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Jan 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781490753256

Anthony M Manno Jr.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Anthony was drawn to California as a young man in 1959. Shortly after, he obtained a series of odd jobs while living in Los Angeles. He then came to San Francisco and got work in a restaurant as a short-order cook. He also did some work as a room service waiter in one of the big hotels. On his days off, he spends his time on his hobbies, pen-and-ink abstract drawings. Now he writes adventure stories.

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ISBN: 978-1-4907-5324-9 (sc)

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ISBN: 978-1-4907-5325-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014922766

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Contents

Chapter * one

The Upbringing of Matt

Chapter * two

(Part 1)

The friendship

(Part 2)

The friendship

Chapter * X

Dreams of the Lost City

Chapter * three

Ghost, Goblins, Oh My!"

Chapter * four

* The lost city * by the bay *

Chapter * five

Christmas by the bay *

The Adventures of Matt, Crowbar and Shane

in Corky and the Glass Horse

Chapter * One

*The Promise*

Chapter * Two

*The Magical Lake Of Glass*

Chapter * Three

*Return Of The Enemy*

Chapter * Four

* Back To The Lost City *

Chapter * Five

* Phantom In The Observatory *

Chapter * Six

Adventures of Matt, Crowbar and Shane in * Corky And The Glass Horse *

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* Revised Version *

The Adventures of Matt, Crowbar and Shane

In

The Lost City by the Bay

By Anthony M Manno Jr.

© Copyright 2008

The adventures of Matt, Crowbar and Shane

In the

LOST CITY by the BAY

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By ANTHONY M MANNO JR.

* Biography *

Of

Anthony M Manno Jr.

Born and raised in Brooklyn New York, Anthony was drawn to California As a young man in 1959. Shortly after, he obtained a series of odd jobs while living in Los Angeles. He then came to San Francisco and got work in a restaurant as a short order cook. He also did some work as a room service waiter in one of the big hotels.

On his days off, his hobbies were pen and ink abstract drawings. Now he writes adventure stories.

© By Anthony M Manno Jr. 2012

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* PREFACE *

This is an adventure story about two young men

looking for a lost ancient city in the year 3019. What they discover is their past and future along the way . . .

by Anthony M. Manno Jr.

© Copyright 2012

Chapter * one

THE UPBRINGING OF MATT

T hank you for being here, said Zachariah the teacher speaking to an audience of young students at the great hall of wisdom. The year is 4014, of early spring in San Francisco. It was many years ago, said the teacher. That there were two brave men and a dog, for they were on a quest in search of a lost ancient city. The year was 3019. Their names were Matt and Shane, and Matt’s dog was called by his name Crowbar. Matt was the younger. Many years before this however, there was a great war that our ancestors had fought in the year of 2500. The enemy called the Krill shattered the land into a million pieces. It took a long time before the land was put back the way it is to day my dear students. No one knows what happen to them, for the enemy has not been seen since. And now let me talk about Matt. He was just about to be born, and at that time his father and mother had worked on their land to gather harvest before winter sets in. That year winter raged in with a wet snowfall so heavy it toppled trees and buried them immediately. The season went out as meek and innocent as a sleeping child. And so Matt was born on the day of May 1, 3003 in the land of Marin.

He is a beautiful baby and we will bring him up right, for we love him so, said the mother to the father.

"When Matt became eight, his father told him of a place that he called the lost city by the bay, a land far from where they live . . .

He also did not dare cross over the great river, for he was scared of what he had seen. Then Matt said to his father,"

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When I become a man of age, I too will go and see for myself.

Father stood there quiet for a moment and then said with a strong voice,

If you do my son, you will be amazed at what you will see. Try not to be afraid, for the river can be like a stampede of wild horses, and I would not recommend crossing it. Now we will talk about this later my son, for we have harvest to attend before winter sets in.

Yes father.

And off we went to our field.

Mother was waving at father and me, while we were approaching her, waiting patiently for us. And then we embraced. Later on mother handed out cookies she had baked, but not