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A Sack of Shakings

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A Sack of Shakings

Frank Thomas Bullen

374 pages~7 hr 27 min read43 chapters$4.99
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A sailor empties his sea-bag of yarns and wonders. Frank Bullen spins tales of a porpoise myth, the cats that sailed the old East Indiamen, the floor of the ocean, and strange enchanted isles. Salt-stained storytelling from a man who knew the deep firsthand. Reach into the sack and pull out the sea itself.

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43 chapters

  1. 1A Sack of Shakings
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Contents
  4. 4THE ORPHAN
  5. 5A PORPOISE MYTH
  6. 6CATS ON BOARD SHIP
  7. 7THE OLD EAST INDIAMAN
  8. 8THE FLOOR OF THE SEA
  9. 9SHAKESPEARE AND THE SEA
  10. 10THE SKIPPER OF THE “AMULET”
  11. 11AMONG THE ENCHANTED ISLES
  12. 12SOCIABLE FISH
  13. 13ALLIGATORS AND MAHOGANY
  14. 14COUNTRY LIFE ON BOARD SHIP
  15. 15I
  16. 16II
  17. 17III
  18. 18IV

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