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"Ship-Bored" by Julian Street
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.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGood Press
Release dateDec 12, 2019
ISBN4064066211028
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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.

    But

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