Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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The ship hulked gray and mournful at her wharf , her flanks covered with creeping rust . The thought of being able to make my living on the good clean sea made me weep with joy . The ship was bound for South America .
The ship hulked gray and mournful at her wharf , her flanks covered with creeping rust . The thought of being able to make my living on the good clean sea made me weep with joy . The ship was bound for South America .
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Behind the river ships reared an assembly of cranes and sheds , and beyond them the roofs of Antwerp and the tower of the cathedral glistened in the sunlight . ... Big - hipped women called to each other from ship to ship .
Behind the river ships reared an assembly of cranes and sheds , and beyond them the roofs of Antwerp and the tower of the cathedral glistened in the sunlight . ... Big - hipped women called to each other from ship to ship .
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Without having had actual experience as a ship's officer , " I objected , “ I shall be discredited and kicked out of the first officers ' meeting I enter . The Nazi organizers will stand up and say : ' Look , this man has never stood on ...
Without having had actual experience as a ship's officer , " I objected , “ I shall be discredited and kicked out of the first officers ' meeting I enter . The Nazi organizers will stand up and say : ' Look , this man has never stood on ...
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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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