Denny McCune lived for just one thing - revenge! At the age of sixteen, he saw his Pa killed by a gang of vicious men. He vowed he would get revenge, and he did - one by one he gunned the killers down. Acquitted by the court, Denny moved on to another town, hoping to start a new life. But his reputation got there first.
The prince is dead. Myron Bender has died and Bender Brothers, the retailing empire he founded, could be up for grabs. There might be a battle between his younger brothers, Morton and Milton, who came to America with him in 1901-teenage German-Jewish immigrants who began as street peddlers, graduated to a horse and wagon and finally, opened their first small store. And there are others who may have their eyes on the throne. But first, everyone must get ready for a funeral and it's during those hours that things begin to sort themselves out. Peddlers Three, spanning more than fifty years, takes the Bender brothers, and those whose lives are intertwined with theirs, from the poverty of Rivington Street to uptown luxury, through two world wars and the Holocaust. More than a tale of retailing and world events, it is about courage, determination, heartbreak and, above all, love.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the world's most famous detective. The 'Focus on Sherlock Holmes' series is devoted to bringing the books to an even wider audience. George Cavendish has added explanations as footnotes to help those readers who are not familiar with some of the phrases used by the author and his characters - after all the stories were written over 120 years ago. Some of the author's phrases are still in use in modern-day British English and these are described to make the text clearer to English speakers from outside of the UK, or to those who do not speak English as a first language. Also included is some background information on places, names and terms used in the story. The book features the original drawings from the first publication.
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