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Jim Davis - Thrilling Escapade of a Daring Hero on a Dangerous Sea Mission - cover

Jim Davis - Thrilling Escapade of a Daring Hero on a Dangerous Sea Mission

John Masefield

Publisher: Musaicum Books

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This eBook edition of "Jim Davis" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Excerpt:
"When we got into the road together, I could not see a yard in front of me. There was nothing but darkness and drifting snow and the gleam of the drifts where the light of the lantern fell. There was no question of losing the road; for the road was a Devon lane, narrow and deep, built by the ancient Britons, so everybody says, to give them protection as they went down to the brooks for water. If it had been an open road, I could never have found my way for fifty yards. I was strongly built for a boy; even at sea I never suffered much from the cold, and this night was not intensely cold—snowy weather seldom is. What made the ride so exhausting was the beating of the snow into my eyes and mouth. It fell upon me in a continual dry feathery pelting, till I was confused and tired out with the effort of trying to see ahead."
John Masefield was an English poet and writer, was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930. Among his best known works are the children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever."
Available since: 10/16/2017.
Print length: 124 pages.

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