The Cruise of the Snark - 9780142437735
Un libro in lingua di Jack London Madison R. D. (INT) edito da Penguin Classics, 2004
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Inspired by the examples of his heroes Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Joshua Slocum, Jack London determined to sail around the world. In April 1907 he sailed from San Francisco in the forty-five-foot ketch Snark, with his wife, Charmian, a skeleton crew, and his writing to keep him company. Beset by seasickness and tropical disease, London wrote incessantly—not only his major autobiographical novel Martin Eden and numerous short stories, but also a series of sketches recording the voyage itself. These entertaining pieces, collected together into the book he called The Cruise of the Snark, reveal London's indefatigable spirit and love of adventure at sea and among the Pacific islands.
- Includes introduction and notes, as well as London's delightful sea pieces "That Dead Men Rise Up Never" and The Joy of Small-Boat Sailing".
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Cruise of the Snark
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Jack London Madison R. D. (INT)
- Editore: Penguin Classics
- Collana: Penguin Classics (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Aprile '04
- Genere: TRAVEL
- Argomenti : Americans Oceania History 20th century Authors, American 20th century Biography Ocean travel
- Pagine: 224
- Dimensioni mm: 196 x 133 x 6
- ISBN-10: 0142437735
- EAN-13: 9780142437735