Twenty-One Adventures at Sea From the Man Who Wrote THE MONKEY'S PAW Including "A Change of Treatment", "A Love Passage", "The Captain's Exploit", "Contraband of War", "A Black Affair", "The Skipper of the _Osprey_", "In Borrowed Plumes", "The Boatswain's Watch", "Low Water", "In Mid-Atlantic", "After the Inquest", "In Limehouse Reach", "An Elaborate Elopement", "The Cook of the _Gannet_", "A Benefit Performance", "A Case of Desertion", "Outsailed", "Mated", "The Rival Beauties", "Mrs. Bunker's Chaperon", and "A Harbor of Refuge" W.W. Jacobs is mostly remembered nowadays as the author of "The Monkey's Paw"; some folks recall that he also wrote other weird fiction. But the truth is that he was quite a versatile author -- _Many Cargoes_ isn't his only volume of sea fiction; and he wrote others as well. (Jacketless library hardcover.)
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"YES, I've sailed under some 'cute skippers in my time," said the night-watchman; "them that go down in big ships see the wonders o' the deep, you know," he added with a sudden chuckle, "but the one I'm going to tell you about ought never to have been trusted out without 'is ma. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ses the skipper, ses the mate, fust mate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Poison, Miss Alsen, Private Smith, Miss Rumbolt, Miss Cringle, Kitty Loney, Mary Ann, Bessie Watson, Captain Crippen, Miss Winthrop, Smiling Jane, Cap'n Naskett, Sarah Jane, Cap'n Budd, Jackson Pepper, Sunset Bay New!
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"YES, I've sailed under some 'cute skippers in my time," said the night-watchman; "them that go down in big ships see the wonders o' the deep, you know," he added with a sudden chuckle, "but the one I'm going to tell you about ought never to have been trusted out without 'is ma. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ses the skipper, ses the mate, fust mate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Poison, Miss Alsen, Private Smith, Miss Rumbolt, Miss Cringle, Kitty Loney, Mary Ann, Bessie Watson, Captain Crippen, Miss Winthrop, Smiling Jane, Cap'n Naskett, Sarah Jane, Cap'n Budd, Jackson Pepper, Sunset Bay New!
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- A Reader's Delight by Noel Perrin on page 117, page 122, and Back Matter
- Rough Justice: Volume 2 by Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Regnum Dei by Archibald Robertson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Monkey's Paw/Multi-Media Kit (A Read-Along Radio Drama) by W. W. Jacobs on page 47
- The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Back Matter
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