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Jack Kerouac: The Road Is Life
Richard Worth
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 2006)Explores the author's life, the dramatic change in his life brought about by the publication of his novel On the road, and the enduring legacy he left behind.
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Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry Dana
Audio CD (Assembled Stories, Dec. 30, 2006)Dana, Jr. had always yearned for the seafaring life so, after an illness, he set off to sea to recover his health. This personal journal of a voyage around Cape Horn from 1834-36 did much to arouse public opinion about the plight of sailors.
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Captains Courageous
Rudyard Kipling
Audio CD (Assembled Stories, Sept. 30, 2007)Harvey Cheyne is the spoilt son of an over-indulgent millionaire. On an ocean voyage off the Newfoundland coast, he falls overboard & is rescued by a Portguese fisherman. Never in need of anything in his entire life, it comes as rather a shock to Harvey to be forced to join the crew of the fishing schooner & work there for the summer.
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