The Crack of Doom, by Robert Cromie

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Title: The Crack of Doom

Author: Robert Cromie

Release Date: September 8, 2008 [EBook #26563]

Language: English

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THE CRACK OF DOOM

ROBERT CROMIE Author of "A Plunge into Space," etc.

SECOND EDITION

LONDON DIGBY, LONG & CO. 18 BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1895

PREFACE

The rough notes from which this narrative has been constructed were given to me by the man who tells the story. For obvious reasons I have altered the names of the principals, and I hereby pass on the assurance which I have received, that the originals of such as are left alive can be found if their discovery be thought desirable. This alteration of names, the piecing together of somewhat disconnected and sometimes nearly indecipherable memoranda, and the reduction of the mass to consecutive form, are all that has been required of me or would have been permitted to me. The expedition to Labrador mentioned by the narrator has n

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