Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 163
... Guatemala , then- the hot one - I've been filibusterin ' with . Ye'll find that country on the map . " Tis in the district known as the tropics . By the foresight of Providence , it lies on the coast so the geography man could run the ...
... Guatemala , then- the hot one - I've been filibusterin ' with . Ye'll find that country on the map . " Tis in the district known as the tropics . By the foresight of Providence , it lies on the coast so the geography man could run the ...
Pagina 167
... Guatemala , and was the greatest nation laved by any ocean whatever any- where . He looked at me with tears in his eyes , and from time to time he would emit the remark , ' Ah ! big , strong , brave mans ! That is what my country need ...
... Guatemala , and was the greatest nation laved by any ocean whatever any- where . He looked at me with tears in his eyes , and from time to time he would emit the remark , ' Ah ! big , strong , brave mans ! That is what my country need ...
Pagina 168
... Guatemala . " I reflects a bit , serious , and asks the general again to denominate the terms by which his country is called . He tells me , and I see then that ' twas the t'other one , Kamchatka , I had in mind . Since then I've had ...
... Guatemala . " I reflects a bit , serious , and asks the general again to denominate the terms by which his country is called . He tells me , and I see then that ' twas the t'other one , Kamchatka , I had in mind . Since then I've had ...
Pagina 169
... Guatemala . " Twas a blue country , and not yel- low as ' tis miscolored on the map . We landed at a town on the coast , where a train of cars was waitin ' for us on a dinky little railroad . The boxes on the steamer were brought ashore ...
... Guatemala . " Twas a blue country , and not yel- low as ' tis miscolored on the map . We landed at a town on the coast , where a train of cars was waitin ' for us on a dinky little railroad . The boxes on the steamer were brought ashore ...
Pagina 171
... Guatemala . Yes . T'irty dollars in the month . Good pay . Ah , yes . You strong , brave man . Bimeby we push those rail- road in the capital very quick . They want you go work now . Adios , strong mans . ' " Monseer , ' says I ...
... Guatemala . Yes . T'irty dollars in the month . Good pay . Ah , yes . You strong , brave man . Bimeby we push those rail- road in the capital very quick . They want you go work now . Adios , strong mans . ' " Monseer , ' says I ...
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admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul Coralio crew Dalesburg dark Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Karlsefin lady land laugh looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution Rosine sail sand says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla