A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
by James De Mille
Publisher: Harper & Brothers 1888
ISBN/ASIN: 1592247725
Number of pages: 350
Description:
A masterpiece on society and culture. The yachtsmen found the manuscript afloat at sea in a corroded copper cylinder. The manuscript itself told an incredible tale -- a tale of strange adventures in a place beyond contemporary imagination...
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