The Cruise of the Snark (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781421832678)

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.

Author: Jack London
ISBN-10: 1421832674
ISBN-13: 9781421832678
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d