With the Border Ruffians: Memories of the Far West, 1852-1868 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from With the Border Ruffians: Memories of the Far West, 1852-1868His father and mother intended him for the Church he himself had aspirations for the Army, or the Indian Service, but neither could be managed for lack of means.Finally he went to sea as a middy on Messrs. Green's East Indiaman the Madagascar, sailing from London in February, 1848, when he was nearly seventeen years old. Green's was in those days the best service II: England; but it was too staid, too quiet, for a youth like this. Thirsting for adventure, so after one voyage to India he gave it up.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.