My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson
by George Thompson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Thompson, George, 1823-
- Title
- My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Matt Whittaker, Suzanne Shell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Thompson, George, 1823-
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 28635
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28635
- Release Date
- April 29, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MY LIFE: — OR
- 2.THE ADVENTURES OF GEO. THOMPSON. BEING THE AUTO-BIOGRAPHY OF AN AUTHOR. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
- 3.INTRODUCTION — In which the author defineth his position.
- 4.CHAPTER I — In which I begin to Acquire a Knowledge of the World. — FOOTNOTES:
- 5.CHAPTER II — In which I become a Printer, and am introduced into certain mysteries of connubial life.
- 6.CHAPTER III — In which is enacted a bloody tragedy. — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.CHAPTER IV — In which I set forth upon my travels, and met with a great misfortune. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.CHAPTER V — I encountered a lady acquaintance, and, like a knight errant of old, became the champion of beauty. — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAPTER VI — In which is introduced a celebrated Comedian from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.CHAPTER VII — A deed of blood and horror.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII — An Escape, and a Triumph. — FOOTNOTES:
- 12.CHAPTER IX — An accident—a suicide—and a change of residence.
- 13.CHAPTER X — Six weeks in Leverett Street Jail. — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.CHAPTER XI — " The Uncles and Nephews. "
- 15.CONCLUSION — My Parting Bow. — THE END
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