The strange and tremendously dramatic story of an airplane pilot, intoxicated with the exaltation of great altitudes, setting his course, with his sweetheart, for the stars–by the distinguished author of “Nach Verdun” and “Out of the Night.”
It was in a bitterly pessimistic frame of mind that, having seen my baggage into the hotel, I went for a first walk along the asphalted esplanade of Southbeach. I had no pleasure in the baking sun, in the glittering stretch of the English Channel that veiled itself in a fine-weather mist all around the half-horizon.
I thought, in a savage emphasis of contrast, of the neat little yacht that should now be bearing me across the North Sea to the austere perfection of the Norwegian fiords. And I cursed myself for the childish imbecility of exasperation with which—when, at the last moment, with my suitcases all packed, I had received a telegram informing me that the yacht had come off second-best in a collision with a coaltramp—I had picked up Bradshaw and sworn to myself to go to whatever place I should blindly put my finger upon as I opened the page. The oracle had declared for Southbeach—Southbeach in mid-August! I shrugged my shoulders—so be it! My holiday was spoiled anyhow. To Southbeach I would go. And now, as I contemplated it, I was appalled. What was I going to do with myself?
F. Britten Austin, born on May 8, 1885, in Mile End, London, England, turned into an outstanding author regarded for his contributions to film and literature. His brilliant works encompass “The Last Outpost” (1935), “Buried Treasure” (1921), and “A Woman Redeemed” (1927). Married to Ethel King and later Edith Abbot, Austin left a legacy of creativity and storytelling. Tragically, F. Britten Austin’s lifestyles got here to a stop on March 12, 1941, in Weston-Tremendous-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.
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First Published 1924
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