Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Our assignment was to buy large quantities of rum , whisky and cognac free of duty in the free - port zone , and to sell this ... The selling was to be accomplished through specially created agencies in Helsinki and other ports .
Our assignment was to buy large quantities of rum , whisky and cognac free of duty in the free - port zone , and to sell this ... The selling was to be accomplished through specially created agencies in Helsinki and other ports .
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... war against all shipowners whose vessels traded in ports in which Bandura happened to be at the moment . ... was the typical representative of those itinerant waterfront revolutionists I have since met in every port of call .
... war against all shipowners whose vessels traded in ports in which Bandura happened to be at the moment . ... was the typical representative of those itinerant waterfront revolutionists I have since met in every port of call .
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The usual procedure with stowaways was to lock them up aboard ship in every American port of call , and to chase them back ashore in the first ... Ports of call were San Pedro , San Francisco , Portland , Seattle , and Vancouver .
The usual procedure with stowaways was to lock them up aboard ship in every American port of call , and to chase them back ashore in the first ... Ports of call were San Pedro , San Francisco , Portland , Seattle , and Vancouver .
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User Review - Hurtgen - LibraryThingThe son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic ... Read full review
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| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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