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Three Men in a Boat

Jerome Klapka Jerome

Publisher: Saveth Press

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"Three Men in a Boat" is a 1889 humorous travelogue of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames by English writer Jerome K. Jerome. The comical adventure begins in Kingston upon Thames and takes the motley crew to Oxford, before heading back to Kingston again. This volume is highly recommended by lovers of travel writing, and it is not to be missed by collectors vintage literature of this ilk. Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 - 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist. Other works by this author include "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" (1886),  "All Roads Lead to Calvary" (1919), and "Anthony John" (1923). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Available since: 07/21/2017.

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