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Writer, Editor | History, English Language, Fiction | Magellan's Unlikely Explorers, Targets in English | @CircumNavgating #EFA #Taiwan

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Book Cover for: Around the world in eighty days, Jules Verne

Around the world in eighty days

Jules Verne
John SailorsJohn Sailors

A year after Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days" was first published. https://t.co/BRrB2uhcbK

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Book Cover for: Life on the Mississippi.: is a memoir by Mark Twain, Mark Twain

Life on the Mississippi.: is a memoir by Mark Twain

Mark Twain
John SailorsJohn Sailors

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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Book Cover for: Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain
John SailorsJohn Sailors

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
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Book Cover for: The Call of the Wild: ( illustrated edition), Jack London

The Call of the Wild: ( illustrated edition)

Jack London
John SailorsJohn Sailors

@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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Book Cover for: White Fang: White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold, Jack London

White Fang: White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold

Jack London
John SailorsJohn Sailors

@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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Book Cover for: Gargantua, François Rabelais

Gargantua

François Rabelais
John SailorsJohn Sailors

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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Book Cover for: The Call of the Wild, Jack London

The Call of the Wild

Jack London
John SailorsJohn Sailors

@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
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Book Cover for: Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages, Manuel Puig

Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages

Manuel Puig
John SailorsJohn Sailors

@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
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Book Cover for: 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

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
John SailorsJohn Sailors

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
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Book Cover for: Life On The Mississippi, Mark Twain

Life On The Mississippi

Mark Twain
John SailorsJohn Sailors

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
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