John Sailors Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Around the world in eighty days
Jules Verne
A year after Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days" was first published. https://t.co/BRrB2uhcbK
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Life on the Mississippi.: is a memoir by Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir and travel guide. It includes interesting historical views in Twain's magical wording. This excerpt describes context behind de Soto's discovery of the river in 1542—a time more medieval than modern. http://www.enriqueofmalacca.com/2022/02/mark-twain-view-on-hernando-de-sotos.html
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Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir and travel guide. It includes interesting historical views in Twain's magical wording. This excerpt describes context behind de Soto's discovery of the river in 1542—a time more medieval than modern. https://t.co/7hEnqpGs9K
Paperback, 1985
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Call of the Wild: ( illustrated edition)
Jack London
@DrJohnFreedman Jack London lived in the Livermore Valley briefly, where I've been living. We have a Jack London Boulevard, a White Fang Way, and a Call of the Wild Way.
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White Fang: White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold
Jack London
@DrJohnFreedman Jack London lived in the Livermore Valley briefly, where I've been living. We have a Jack London Boulevard, a White Fang Way, and a Call of the Wild Way.
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Gargantua
François Rabelais
Gargantua is the name of a giant king in François Rabelais's 16th-century satiric novel "Gargantua." "Gargantuan" became an adjective by Shakespeare's time.
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The Call of the Wild
Jack London
@DrJohnFreedman Jack London lived in the Livermore Valley briefly, where I've been living. We have a Jack London Boulevard, a White Fang Way, and a Call of the Wild Way.
Hardcover, 2024
$42.95$21.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages
Manuel Puig
@GrammarTable Manuel Puig's Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages. https://t.co/GtF1Nm3yqn
Paperback, 1999
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life on the Mississippi (1883). By: Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Missi
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir and travel guide. It includes interesting historical views in Twain's magical wording. This excerpt describes context behind de Soto's discovery of the river in 1542—a time more medieval than modern. https://t.co/7hEnqpGs9K
Paperback, 2017
$14.03$7.01 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life On The Mississippi
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir and travel guide. It includes interesting historical views in Twain's magical wording. This excerpt describes context behind de Soto's discovery of the river in 1542—a time more medieval than modern. https://t.co/7hEnqpGs9K
Paperback, 2016
$8.25$4.13 + Free shipping50% off your first book