Jack London

The Cruise of the Snark (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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. This edition also includes London's delightful sea pieces "That Dead Men Rise Up Never" and "The Joy of Small-Boat Sailing." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440650765
• Artikelnr.: 44647581

Autorenporträt

John Griffith "Jack" London (18761916) is an American author, journalist, and social activist. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life".

Inhaltsangabe

The Cruise of the SnarkIntroduction: 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"