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Author: Jack London Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780666852724 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 366
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Excerpt from The Cruise of the Snark IT began in the swimming pool at Glen Ellen. Between swims it was our wont to come out and lie in the sand and let our skins breathe the warm air and soak in the sunshine. Roscoe was a yachtsman. I had followed the sea a bit. It was inevitable that we should talk about boats. We talked about small boats, and the seaworthiness of small boats. We instanced Captain Slocum and his three years' voyage around the world in the Spray. We asserted that we were not afraid to go around the world in a small boat, say forty feet long. We asserted furthermore that we would like to do it. We asserted finally that there was nothing in this world we'd like better than a chance to do it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Jack London Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780666852724 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 366
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Excerpt from The Cruise of the Snark IT began in the swimming pool at Glen Ellen. Between swims it was our wont to come out and lie in the sand and let our skins breathe the warm air and soak in the sunshine. Roscoe was a yachtsman. I had followed the sea a bit. It was inevitable that we should talk about boats. We talked about small boats, and the seaworthiness of small boats. We instanced Captain Slocum and his three years' voyage around the world in the Spray. We asserted that we were not afraid to go around the world in a small boat, say forty feet long. We asserted furthermore that we would like to do it. We asserted finally that there was nothing in this world we'd like better than a chance to do it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Charmian Kittredge London Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781528548045 Category : Languages : en Pages : 548
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Excerpt from The Log of the Snark This was a few months before we were married. Say we start five years from now, figured Jack, who always seems to be making plans for a tangible eternity. We'll build our house on the ranch and get the place started with orchard and vines and livestock, at the same time going ahead with boat-drawings and building a yacht to suit. Five years will not be too much time. Then, privily, he asked what I thought of it. Too good to be true, was what I thought; but why wait so long? We'd never be younger than we were, and, besides, what was the good of putting up a home and leaving it for seven years - seven years being the time roughly calculated to carry out our far-reaching plan. I won the day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Jack London Publisher: ISBN: 9781983871160 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
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THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK by Jack London EDITION: Cactus Classics Standard Print - 12 Point Font FONT: 12 point Garamond BOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm) COVER: Glossy PAPER: Cream TABLE OF CONTENTS: Yes Cactus Classics has three editions of this book: Standard Print, Large Print and Dyslexic Friendly Font. See below for descriptions of each edition. ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR The Cruise of the Snark was written by Jack London (1876-1916) and was first published in 1911. This autobiographical memoir chronicles his 1907 sailing adventure in the South Pacific on his 45 foot yacht named The Snark. London, his wife and his crew set sail from San Francisco and visit locations including Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Jack London was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction, autobiographical memoirs, plays and more. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea Wolf, The Iron Heel, Martin Eden and The People of the Abyss. EDITIONS AND ISBNs Cactus Classics, an imprint of Cactus Publishing Inc., publishes this book in three editions on cream paper. Use the ISBN to find your edition. Detailed explanations are below. ISBN: 978-1983871160 - Cactus Classics Standard Print (12 point Garamond font) ISBN: 978-1983871207 - Cactus Classics Large Print (16 point Garamond font) ISBN: 978-1983871290 - Cactus Classics Dyslexic Friendly Font (12 point OpenDyslexic3 font) STANDARD PRINT AND LARGE PRINT Cactus Classics Standard Print (12 point size) and Large Print (16 point size) editions use the Garamond font. These editions have a glossy cover, cream paper interior, wide margins, generous white space and good spacing between lines of text. Both editions use the same layout style. DYSLEXIC FRIENDLY FONT The Cactus Classics Dyslexic Friendly Font edition uses the OpenDyslexic3 font in a 12 point size. It is larger than the 12 point size in many other fonts. OpenDyslexic3 is not intended to cure dyslexia. Many people with dyslexia find this font is helpful but it does not help everyone. This edition has a glossy cover, cream paper interior, wide margins, generous white space, extra space between lines of text, left justified text with jagged right side, indented paragraphs and minimal use of all capital letters. Bold text is used instead of italics.
Author: Jack London Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781725011724 Category : Languages : en Pages : 192
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The Cruise of the Snark Jack London The Snark had two masts and was 43 feet long at the waterline, and on it London claims to have spent thirty thousand dollars. The snark was primarily a sailboat, however, it also had an auxiliary 70-horsepower engine. It was further equipped with one lifeboat. In 1906, Author Jack London began to build a 45-foot yacht on which he planned a round-the-world voyage, to last seven years. After many delays, Jack and Charmian London and a small crew sailed out of San Francisco Bay on April 23, 1907, bound for the South Pacific We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author: Jack London Publisher: ISBN: 9781983871207 Category : Languages : en Pages : 420
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THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK by Jack London EDITION: Cactus Classics Large Print - 16 Point Font FONT: 16 point Garamond BOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm) COVER: Glossy PAPER: Cream TABLE OF CONTENTS: Yes Cactus Classics has three editions of this book: Standard Print, Large Print and Dyslexic Friendly Font. See below for descriptions of each edition. ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR The Cruise of the Snark was written by Jack London (1876-1916) and was first published in 1911. This autobiographical memoir chronicles his 1907 sailing adventure in the South Pacific on his 45 foot yacht named The Snark. London, his wife and his crew set sail from San Francisco and visit locations including Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Jack London was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction, autobiographical memoirs, plays and more. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea Wolf, The Iron Heel, Martin Eden and The People of the Abyss. EDITIONS AND ISBNs Cactus Classics, an imprint of Cactus Publishing Inc., publishes this book in three editions on cream paper. Use the ISBN to find your edition. Detailed explanations are below. ISBN: 978-1983871160 - Cactus Classics Standard Print (12 point Garamond font) ISBN: 978-1983871207 - Cactus Classics Large Print (16 point Garamond font) ISBN: 978-1983871290 - Cactus Classics Dyslexic Friendly Font (12 point OpenDyslexic3 font) STANDARD PRINT AND LARGE PRINT Cactus Classics Standard Print (12 point size) and Large Print (16 point size) editions use the Garamond font. These editions have a glossy cover, cream paper interior, wide margins, generous white space and good spacing between lines of text. Both editions use the same layout style. DYSLEXIC FRIENDLY FONT The Cactus Classics Dyslexic Friendly Font edition uses the OpenDyslexic3 font in a 12 point size. It is larger than the 12 point size in many other fonts. OpenDyslexic3 is not intended to cure dyslexia. Many people with dyslexia find this font is helpful but it does not help everyone. This edition has a glossy cover, cream paper interior, wide margins, generous white space, extra space between lines of text, left justified text with jagged right side, indented paragraphs and minimal use of all capital letters. Bold text is used instead of italics.
Author: Jack London Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781717264404 Category : Languages : en Pages : 334
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The Snark had two masts and was 43 feet long at the waterline, and on it London claims to have spent thirty thousand dollars. The snark was primarily a sailboat, however, it also had an auxiliary 70-horsepower engine. It was further equipped with one lifeboat. In 1906, Author Jack London began to build a 45-foot yacht on which he planned a round-the-world voyage, to last seven years. After many delays, Jack and Charmian London and a small crew sailed out of San Francisco Bay on April 23, 1907, bound for the South Pacific We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author: Jack London Publisher: Cactus Classics ISBN: 9781773600468 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 420
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Cactus Classics Large Print (16 point size) editions are typeset in the Garamond font, have a glossy cover, cream paper interior, wide margins, generous white space and good spacing between lines of text. The Cruise of the Snark is an autobiography of a South Pacific sailing adventure written by Jack London (1876-1916) and published in 1911.
Author: Jack London Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 160
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IT began in the swimming pool at Glen Ellen. Between swims it was our wont to come out and lie in the sand and let our skins breathe the warm air and soak in the sunshine. Roscoe was a yachtsman. I had followed the sea a bit. It was inevitable that we should talk about boats. We talked about small boats, and the seaworthiness of small boats. We instanced Captain Slocum and his three years' voyage around the world in the Spray.
Author: Jack London Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781493572816 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 292
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It began in the swimming pool at Glen Ellen. Between swims it was our wont to come out and lie in the sand and let our skins breathe the warm air and soak in the sunshine. Roscoe was a yachtsman. I had followed the sea a bit. It was inevitable that we should talk about boats. We talked about small boats, and the seaworthiness of small boats. We instanced Captain Slocum and his three years' voyage around the world in the Spray.We asserted that we were not afraid to go around the world in a small boat, say forty feet long. We asserted furthermore that we would like to do it. We asserted finally that there was nothing in this world we'd like better than a chance to do it.“Let us do it,” we said . . . in fun.Then I asked Charmian privily if she'd really care to do it, and she said that it was too good to be true.The next time we breathed our skins in the sand by the swimming pool I said to Roscoe, “Let us do it.”I was in earnest, and so was he, for he said:“When shall we start?”I had a house to build on the ranch, also an orchard, a vineyard, and several hedges to plant, and a number of other things to do. We thought we would start in four or five years. Then the lure of the adventure began to grip us. Why not start at once? We'd never be younger, any of us. Let the orchard, vineyard, and hedges be growing up while we were away. When we came back, they would be ready for us, and we could live in the barn while we built the house.So the trip was decided upon, and the building of the Snark began. We named her the Snark because we could not think of any other name—this information is given for the benefit of those who otherwise might think there is something occult in the name.Our friends cannot understand why we make this voyage. They shudder, and moan, and raise their hands. No amount of explanation can make them comprehend that we are moving along the line of least resistance; that it is easier for us to go down to the sea in a small ship than to remain on dry land, just as it is easier for them to remain on dry land than to go down to the sea in the small ship. This state of mind comes of an undue prominence of the ego. They cannot get away from themselves. They cannot come out of themselves long enough to see that their line of least resistance is not necessarily everybody else's line of least resistance. They make of their own bundle of desires, likes, and dislikes a yardstick wherewith to measure the desires, likes, and dislikes of all creatures. This is unfair. I tell them so. But they cannot get away from their own miserable egos long enough to hear me. They think I am crazy. In return, I am sympathetic. It is a state of mind familiar to me. We are all prone to think there is something wrong with the mental processes of the man who disagrees with us.
Author: Jack London
Author: Jack London
Author: Charmian Kittredge London
Author: Jack London
Author: Jack London
Author: Jack London
Author: Jack London
Author: Jack London
Author: Jack London
Author: Jack London
Author: Jack London