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Mayne Reid

Mayne Reid

by Elizabeth Hyde Reid

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About this eBook

Author
Reid, Elizabeth Hyde
Title
Mayne Reid: A Memoir of his Life
Credits
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883
Category
Text
eBook-No.
35648
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35648
Release Date
March 21, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2."A Memoir of his Life" — Chapter One. — Early Life. Emigration to America. Edgar Allan Poe. — Chapter Two. — The Mexican War. — Chapter Three. — Fighting in Mexico. — Chapter Four. — The Assault on Chapultepec. — Chapter Five. — He is Mourned as Dead. — Chapter Six. — Mayne Reid Remains in Mexico. Contemporary Notices in the United States. — Chapter Seven. — Who was First into Chapultepec? — Chapter Eight. — He Seeks to Aid the Revolutionary Agitations in Europe. — Chapter Nine. — His First Romances. — Chapter Ten. — Kossuth. “The Times.” — Chapter Eleven. — “The Captain and his Child Wife.” — Chapter Twelve. — Bricks and Mortar. — Chapter Thirteen. — New York. — Chapter Fourteen. — Closing Scenes. — Chapter Fifteen. — Donn Piatt’s Reminiscence. Press Notices. — Appendix. — “The Land of Innisfail,” by Mayne Reid. — A Southern Sunset, from “La Cubana,” by Mayne Reid. — The End.

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