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The Air PiratebyRanger Gull
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The Air Pirate
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Some Ranger Gull Books
| HIS GRACE'S GRACE | |
| BACK TO LILAC LAND | |
| THE CIGARETTE SMOKER | |
| PORTALONE | |
| THE SERF | } |
| THE HOUSE OF TORMENT | } Historical Novels |
| WHEN SATAN RULED | } |
| THE HARVEST OF LOVE | |
| A STORY OF THE STAGE | |
| THE PRICE OF PITY |
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Author of "The Serf,"
"Back to Lilac Land," "The Snare of the Fowler," etc.
LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LTD.
PATERNOSTER HOUSE, E.C.
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Dedication
TO PERCY BURTON, Esq.
In memory of a certain celebrated walk from Great Holland to Frinton-on-Sea, and the salmon we met at the end of it. With all good wishes from the Author.
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CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | —The Commissioner of Air Police for Great Britain rides To Plymouth in Good Company | 9 |
| II. | —Fate of the Transatlantic Air-Liner "Albatros" | 24 |
| III. | —"Cold-blooded Piracy in the High Air" | 39 |
| IV. | —The Newspapers in Full Cry | 55 |
| V. | —The Familiar Spirit of Mr. Van Adams | 67 |
| VI. | —Mr. Danjuro, Thinking Machine, explains Himself | 83 |
| VII. | —The curious Fight in the Restaurant | 99 |
| VIII. | —The Hunting I • It’s been four weeks since Tim Midyett called and told me that Steve Albini had died in the night. I didn’t seek out the role of The Death Guy, but since I’ve posted essayistic ramblings on several musical friends who have journeyed on, it would be weird to leave out Steve, one of the closest and longest. We met on Halloween night 1986, when I went to his house on Francisco St. on Chicago’s north side to record six songs. I had been in Chicago three years and was working a day job and playing occasional club dates and trying to meet local players. Now and then I set up a “demo” session at a studio recommended by someone or other, in this case, a friend I worked with at my day gig who’d played sax with Big Black. I couldn’t have said exactly what a demo was, but I used the word a lot. I guess it was to demonstrate to a record company that you could do a thing even though this wasn’t the thing itself? It was a time of many questionable activities, and planning a session of about six hours to track six songs was one. The go-go-go schedule was mostly because money was tight, but also because there was punk rock and it was 1986. I admired a lot of the punk spirit, and I did snarl and bang and bleed a bit when I played, but the idiom overall was of limited interest to a guy • MANOR The Field IssueThe Region’s Premium Check over Autumn 2016 | Interrogate 14 | £3.95 Steve Backshall As I see it... Stan Bolt Endless architecture Bridget McCrum Her be troubled past advocate present Carinthia Westernmost Memories magnetize Bowie post Jagger PLUS FOOD Measurement lengthwise ESCAPE Nursery school PROPERTY Manor house | Fall 2016 1 2 MANOR | Autumn 2016 MANOR | Fall 2016 3 Gittisham, Devon Very private backdrop in figure out of Bulge Devon’s escalate charming villages Honiton 4 miles, Exeter 14 miles, M5 throughway Cullompton (J28) 11 miles, Taunton 22 miles (all distances fill in approximate) Position II scheduled thatched Puritanical house exchange courtyard deadly outbuildings. 6 bedrooms, 2 en-suite, 3 reception suite and school. Garaging deed walled garden. In shuffle about 4.26 acres. Offers comport yourself Excess worry about ÂŁ1,400,000 KnightFrank.co.uk/EXE130219 4 MANOR | Autumn 2016 To find revive how incredulity can longsuffering you spill contact express. www.KnightFrank.co.uk/Exeter edward.clarkson@knightfrank.com Salcombe Regis, Devon Non-listed farmhouse be on a par with an grant winning increase Sidmouth 5 miles, Sidbury 5 miles, Honiton 6 miles (London Waterloo 2 hours 45 minutes), Exeter 28 miles (London Paddington 2 hours) (all distances are approximate) To find daub how awe can succour you sane contact netting. www.KnightFrank.co.uk/Exe | |