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Cora J. Gordon

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Title: The Luck of Thirteen
Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia

Author: Jan Gordon
Cora J. Gordon

Release Date: December 12, 2005 [EBook #17291]

Language: English

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THE LUCK OF THIRTEEN

WANDERINGS AND FLIGHT THROUGH MONTENEGRO AND SERBIA

BY

MR. AND MRS. JAN GORDON

WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND A MAP
TAIL PIECES BY CORA J. GORDON
COLOUR PLATES BY JAN GORDON

NEW YORK
E.P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE
1916

PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED
LONDON AND BECCLES, ENGLAND

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

INTRODUCTION 1

II. NISH AND SALONIKA 10

III. OFF TO MONTENEGRO 20

IV. ACROSS THE FRONTIER 31

V. THE MONTENEGRIN FRONT ON THE DRINA 47

VI. NORTHERN MONTENEGRO 66

VII. TO CETTINJE 85

VIII. THE LAKE OF SCUTARI 99

IX. SCUTARI 105

X. THE HIGHWAY OF MONTENEGRO 122

XI. IPEK, DECHANI AND A HAREM 145

XII. THE HIGHWAY OF MONTENEGRO--II 169

XIII. USKUB 182

XIV. MAINLY RETROSPECTIVE 198

XV. SOME PAGES FROM MR. GORDON'S DIARY 213

XVI. LAST DAYS AT VRNTZE 227

XVII. KRALIEVO 244

XVIII. THE FLIGHT OF SERBIA 263

XIX. NOVI BAZAR 284

XX. THE UNKN