- Anglický jazyk
The Fortune
Autor: Charlie Sipos
Smiling Jimmy, a young sailor who has just arrived in England from a voyage on
the South Seas, stumbles into a harbor canteen where he hopes to have his hungry
stomach filled with homemade food. Instead, he gets into a fight...
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Smiling Jimmy, a young sailor who has just arrived in England from a voyage on
the South Seas, stumbles into a harbor canteen where he hopes to have his hungry
stomach filled with homemade food. Instead, he gets into a fight with thirty
patrons, and meets a beautiful young lady in dire need.
The distressed Miss O'Neal clings to Jimmy, who promises to escort her to Africa to
find her inheritance-a hidden oil field. Traveling along are the canteen's owner, and
the hope for better future the trust of thirty patrons, the disadvantaged people of the
harbor. Crossing France is an adventure itself, mostly because the diversified
transportation they're forced to use. As they travel from Algiers to the South Sahara,
they are forced to fight gangsters, spies, and even the French Foreign legion. Miss
O'Neal and Smiling Jimmy arrive to Ohkmar Oasis, and learn the truth about her
inheritance. Half year later Jimmy discovers the real truth, and on the end everything
is fine. The girl has her inheritance and the hero gets the girl.
The Fortune is a chock-full of adventure with unpredictable twists, and characters
you have to love. They are down on their luck, but always maintain good
manners. after a little hesitation.
- Vydavateľstvo: iUniverse
- Rok vydania: 2005
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9780595362370