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Morgan went to sea as a cabin boy and was in the merchant. Publication date 1912 publisher mcclures magazine and metropolitan magazine collection. Tiring of life at sea, he studied jewelry making at cooper union in new york city and worked for 10 years as a diamond setter. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The wreck of the titan download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The wreck of the titan isbn 9781442939004 pdf epub.
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