Description
Surely pirates, taking them in their broadest sense, are as much entitled to a biographical dictionary of their own as are clergymen, race-horses, or artists in ferro-concrete, who all, I am assured, have their own 'Who's Who'? Have not the medical men their Directory, the lawyers their List, the peers their Peerage? There are books which record the names and the particulars of musicians, schoolmasters, stockbrokers, saints and bookmakers, and I dare say there is an average adjuster's almanac. A peer, a horse, dog, cat, and even a white mouse, if of blood sufficiently blue, has his pedigree recorded somewhere. Above all, there is that astounding and entertaining volume, 'Who's Who,' found in every club smoking-room, and which grows more bulky year by year, stuffed with information about the careers, the hobbies, and the marriages of all the most distinguished persons in every profession,
Details
Publisher - Whispering Pines Press
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Philip Gosse
Published Date - 2025-05-25
ISBN - 9781779450975
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 332
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