The Mucker - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Books -  - 9798702010144 - February 1, 2021
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The Mucker

Billy Byrne is a low class American born in Chicago's ghetto. He grows up a thief and a mugger. "Billy was a mucker, a hoodlum, a gangster, a thug, a tough." He is not chivalrous nor kind, and has only meager ethics - never giving evidence against a friend or leaving someone behind. He chooses a life of robbery and violence, disrespecting those who work for a living. He has a deep hatred for wealthy society. He trains as a prizefighter but can not stop drinking. When falsely accused of murder, he flees to San Francisco and is shanghaied aboard a ship. Ironically, enforced sobriety, brutal ship's discipline and productive work improves him. The ship's secret mission is soon enacted - the hijacking of a specific yacht to take a millionaire's daughter, Barbara Harding, for ransom.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 1, 2021
ISBN13 9798702010144
Pages 258
Dimensions 178 × 254 × 14 mm   ·   453 g
Language English  

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