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Excerpt from The Cradle of the Deep
The smell of rotting copra, putrid pearl oysters drying, sandalwood in little bundles piled high on our deck, the fumes from a cargo of guano, and sacks of ivory nuts these things, the places they came from and the people who brought them to us were the commonplaces of my life. The legends of the sea told me by the sailors on our ship were my fairy tales; the freak storms, the bewilder ing doldrums in the tropics, and the companionship of Old shell-back sailors, the foundation of my experience.
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The smell of rotting copra, putrid pearl oysters drying, sandalwood in little bundles piled high on our deck, the fumes from a cargo of guano, and sacks of ivory nuts these things, the places they came from and the people who brought them to us were the commonplaces of my life. The legends of the sea told me by the sailors on our ship were my fairy tales; the freak storms, the bewilder ing doldrums in the tropics, and the companionship of Old shell-back sailors, the foundation of my experience.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Joan Lowell
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331481945
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 271
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Joan Lowell
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780259766735
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 273
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