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John Sherburne Sleeper
"Jack In The Forecastle" by John Sherburne Sleeper is a thrilling maritime adventure, blending action and suspense with vivid storytelling. Set against the backdrop of the vast ocean, Sleeper's narrative…
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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain…
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John Sherburne Sleeper recounts his experiences as a sailor in the mid-19th century, including encounters with pirates, mutinies, and shipwrecks. This book provides a fascinating glimpse into the often dangerous…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Title: Mark Rowland: a tale of the sea.Author: John Sherburne SleeperPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 contains a collection of…
Title: Jack in the forecastle, or, Incidents in the early life of Hawser Martingale.Author: John Sherburne SleeperPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin…
I was born towards the close of the last century in a village pleasantly situated on the banks of the Merrimack in Massachusetts. For the satisfaction of the curious and…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
John Sherburne Sleeper (1794-1878) was an American sailor, ship master, novelist (who used the pseudonym of Hawser Martingale), journalist and politician. Sleeper was the publisher and editor of the Exeter…
