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Soldiers of Fortune
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Soldiers of Fortune follows an American engineer managing an iron mine in a fictional South American country, where he becomes entangled in a local revolution and a romance. Readers who enjoy late-Victorian adventure fiction and period romance may find it of interest.
*Note: this novel was actually first published in 1897, not 1996.*
Richard Harding Davis
Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.
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