5 títulos para "Slack Water Press"

Origins of the American Short Story

Hochbruck, Wolfgang;Erdogan, Aynur;Fidler, Philipp

Origins of the American Short Story is an anthology of prose texts that first appeared in various American magazines in the latter half of the 18th century. These magazines, most of them short lived, represented a struggling literary culture that began to flourish only later in the next century. In...

The Cruise of the Fairweather

Adams, Suttie;Adams, Jon

This book is an account of the schooner Fairweather's circumnavigation, San Francisco to San Francisco, a world cruise that began by sailing down the west coast of Mexico, and then by sailing west: across the South Seas, the East Indies, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocea...

Alfie Dalfie

Adams, Jon;Adams, Anatol

Alfie Dalfie is a book of stories about the travels of Alfie the monkey and his two friends, Rattie the water rat, and Raccie the raccoon. Alfie and his friends sail on the boat Good Name from island to island where they have adventures, such as in the story of ?Raccie and the Magic Pillow.? Alfie a...

Roots of American Environmentalism

Adams, Jon;Balcke, Philipp

Roots of American Environmentalism With an Introduction, Notes, and Critical Commentary Roots of American Environmentalism is an anthology that explores the various attitudes toward land and its use from the American colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century. The major focus is on the di...

The Cruise of the Jest

Adams, Jon

The Cruise of the Jest is the story of a 16-year-old boy who sails a 35-foot boat alone around the world. Although fiction, the story is based on the author's experience.