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    The mutiny of the Elsinore,

    • Title:The mutiny of the Elsinore, by Jack London ...
    • Author:London, Jack, 1876-1916.
    • Publisher:New York, Arcadia House, 1950 [c1942]
    • Description:3p. l. , 378 p. 20 cm.
    • Summary:In March 1913 and a successful but world-weary young playwright, John Pathurst, seeks refreshment and inspiration by going round the Horn as a passenger on a windjammer from Baltimore to Seattle. He knows the Elsinore may take months over the voyage, but that's fine. He has paid highly for his passage, and is accompanied by his manservant; he intends to be comfortable. But the rounding of the Horn is drawn-out and dangerous, and the ship is nearly lost. Moreover the regime aboard the Elsinore is harsh, and the crew are a bunch of no-good lowlifes who will eventually mutiny against it. Pathurst's luxury passage will turn into a nightmare.
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