Cabin Fever [Hardcover]

B. M. Bower (Author), 1stWorld Library (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing. Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls "cabin fever." True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste. You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts. You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony. You may have it wherever you are shunted into a backwater of life, and lose the sense of being borne along in the full current of progress. Be sure that it will make you abnormally sensitive to little things; irritable where once you were amiable; glum where once you went whistling about your work and your play. It is the crystallizer of character, the acid test of friendship, the final seal set upon enmity. It will betray your little, hidden weaknesses, cut and polish your undiscovered virtues, reveal you in all your glory or your vileness to your companions in exile - if so be you have any.

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About the Author

American novelist and author of popular Western fiction, Bower was the first female writer to make a career out of this literary genre. Her sense of humour and the genuineness of her characters charm and captivate the readers even today. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421810115
• ISBN-13: 978-1421810119
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cabin fever, October 13, 2010

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This review is from: Cabin Fever (Kindle Edition)

what a delightful book....I sure was tickled and glad to have selected it.... loved the language...tell the world ........enjoy to the very last. would even be better with a sequel. karen d

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Purchase of Cabin Fever, March 26, 2010

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This review is from: Cabin fever (Hardcover)

This was a pleasant experience. Not only did the book arrive promptly and in good condition, but the book is wonderful! I had not read a book by B. M. Bower before but I enjoyed this so much, I will try to find others written by her.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Surprise!, September 6, 2007

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Dee Robins (midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cabin Fever (Hardcover)

This was a book my Dad loved. He'd often talk about it and laugh. He passed away in 1984. The other day I got the book off of my mom's shelves and decided to read it. It begins with interesting fateful circumstances, carries you along through the middle wondering where it is going to lead, and ends with a surprise. And I'm not easy to surprise.

Read it with curiosity and have fun!