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    Stromboli and the Guns
    Stromboli and the Guns
    Stromboli and the Guns
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    Stromboli and the Guns

    By Francis Henry Gribble

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    Stromboli and the Guns is a novel by Francis Henry Gribble. Gribble was a British author who also worked as a teacher of classic literature. Excerpt: "We did it. I myself—Jean Antoine Stromboli Kosnapulski—worked like a common sailor, tearing up the planks and hewing down the bulwarks to supply the flames with fuel. Others, meanwhile, were busy lightening up the ship by heaving cargo overboard. Even the horses that we carried with us had to be thrown into the water. My heart bled for those poor horses as I saw their struggles; for, after all, it was a useless sacrifice. The Spaniard gained on us continually as we neared the Jamaica coast. Shots crossed our bows, warning us to surrender or be sunk."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateAug 10, 2022
    ISBN8596547156833
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