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  2. The Cruise of the Snark - Wikipedia

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    The Cruise of the Snark (1911) [1] is a non-fictional, illustrated book by Jack London chronicling his sailing adventure in 1907 across the south Pacific in his ketch the Snark. Accompanying London on this voyage was his wife Charmian London and a small crew.

  3. Nautical fiction - Wikipedia

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    An illustration from a 1902 printing of Moby-Dick, one of the renowned American sea novels. Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments.

  4. Read These Adventure Books When You Need a Thrill or ... - AOL

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    These adventure books are great for those who love travel and the great outdoors. Picks like ‘Wild’ by Cheryl Strayed and ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ by Nathaniel Philbrick are examples.

  5. Outdoor literature - Wikipedia

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    Part real part fiction, classic account of life in the American Old West. Frank Cowper (1892–1896). Sailing Tours. A classic of single-handed cruising. Walter Weston (1896). Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps. 20th century. John Muir, (1911). My First Summer in the Sierra. Grey Owl (1935). Pilgrims of the Wild. About Grey Owl ...

  6. Robinson Crusoe - Wikipedia

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    Robinson Crusoe [a] (/ ˈ k r uː s oʊ / KROO-soh) is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719.Written with a combination of epistolary, confessional, and didactic forms, the book follows the title character (born Robinson Kreutznaer) after he is cast away and spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad ...

  7. ‘True Spirit’s Jessica Watson Finished 2 Books & An ... - AOL

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    The book detailed Jesse Martin’s experience on his own solo sailing journey across the world. This moment in her life inspired Jessica to work to make the voyage herself before her 17th birthday .

  8. Travel literature - Wikipedia

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    A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place, designed for the use of visitors or tourists". [41] An early example is Thomas West's guide to the English Lake District, published in 1778. [42] Thomas West, an English priest, popularized the idea of walking for pleasure in his guide to the Lake District of 1778. In the ...

  9. Eric and Susan Hiscock - Wikipedia

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    Eric Charles Hiscock MBE (14 March 1908 – 15 September 1986) was a British sailor and author of books on small boat sailing and ocean cruising. [1] Together with his wife and crew Susan Oakes Hiscock MBE (née Sclater; 18 May 1913 – 12 May 1995), he authored numerous accounts of their short cruises and world circumnavigations, accomplished over several decades.

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