Cruise of the Snark

Name: Cruise of the Snark
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ISBN: 9780142437735

ISBN-10: 0142437735

ISBN-13: 9780142437735

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jack. London, R. D. Madison

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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 incessantlynot only his major autobiographical novel Martin Edenand 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 Londons indefatigable spirit and love of adventure at sea and among the Pacific…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.68" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English



Introduction: The Romance of Yachting; or, The Private History of a Voyage That Failed


Suggestions for Further Reading


A Note on the Texts


The Cruise of the Snark


Notes


Appendices


From Martin Johnson: Through the South Seas with Jack London


From Charmian Kittredge London: The Log of the Snark


Jack London: "That Dead Men Rise Up Never"


Jack London: "The Joy of Small-Boat Sailing"