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All great literary works are born of suffering, they say. Well, this book is born from the suffering that comes along with sea sickness. Through research, Street is able to describe different remedies for this common ailment without falling into the trap of writing a dry and technical book. Written with a dose of humor that's refreshing for the topic, this book is an interesting read even for people who never set foot on a boat.
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Ship-Bored - Julian Street
Julian Street
Ship-Bored
Published by Good Press, 2019
goodpress@okpublishing.info
EAN 4064066211028
Table of Contents
TO BOOTH TARKINGTON
PREFACE
SHIP-BORED
NEW YORK
JOHN LANE COMPANY
MCMXIV
Copyright, 1911
By The Ridgway Company
Copyright, 1912
By John Lane Company
TO
BOOTH TARKINGTON
Table of Contents
"Loda il mare da terra."
THE SPOTTER IS A "PERFECT DEAR,"THE SPOTTER IS A PERFECT DEAR,
AND THAT IS HOW YOUR WIFE COMES TO LOSE TWELVE DRESSES AND A TWENTY-THOUSAND-DOLLAR NECKLACE AND HAVE HYSTERICS ON THE DOCK.
(See page 47)
PREFACE
Table of Contents
Whatever the effect of Ship-Bored
upon others, its publication has exerted a very definite effect upon me, or rather upon the character of my daily mail. Instead of letters the postman now leaves little packages containing pills which, according to the senders, will prevent the casting of bread upon the waters.
It is astonishing to learn how many sea-sick remedies there are. Looking at the bottles and the boxes piled, each morning by my breakfast plate, I sometimes wonder if there aren't as many remedies as sufferers.
But suppose there are? Why do people send the medicines to me? Why do perfect strangers assume that, because I have taken up the task of muck-raking the Atlantic Ocean, I am in need of antidotes for mal de mer? Even suppose that I do suffer thus at sea? Is it anybody else's business—or luncheon?
All great literary works are born of suffering. Stop the suffering and you stop the author. Yet people keep on sending pills to me—each pill an added insult if you choose to take it that way.
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