The Taking of the Gry
Book Details
| Title: | The Taking of the Gry | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1934 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | The Macmillan Company | ||||||||||
| Tags: | adventure, fiction, nautical | ||||||||||
| Description: | The Taking of the Gry is an adventure story by John Masefield about the taking of a ship called the ‘Gry’. Set in the fictional Central or South American state of Santa Barbara, it is the setting for two other Masefield novels, Odtaa and Sard Harker; all three are collectively known as the Santa Barbara novels.
The story tells of a revolution in the tiny republic of Santa Ana on the Spanish Main, and details the foolhardy, desperate attempt of two men to kidnap an ammunition ship, the ‘Gry’, from a harbor held by their enemies. How they manage this feat and how they elude their pursuers make this a fast-paced, thrilling tale of adventure on the high seas that builds to a breathtaking climax.—Goodreads.com. [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Downloads: | 399 | ||||||||||
| Pages: | 72  |
Author Bio for Masefield, John
John Masefield (June 1, 1878—May 12, 1967) was an English poet, writer and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until 1967.
He is best known for his poems of the sea, Salt-Water Ballads (1902, including "Sea Fever" and "Cargoes"), and for his long narrative poems, such as The Everlasting Mercy (1911), which shocked literary orthodoxy with its phrases of a colloquial coarseness hitherto unknown in 20th-century English verse.
Masefield was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. After his father's death he was looked after by an uncle. Young Masefield wanted to be a merchant marine officer. At 13 he boarded the training ship Conway moored in the river Mersey. After two and a half years on the school ship he was apprenticed aboard a sailing ship that was bound for Chile by way of Cape Horn. In Chile he became ill and had to return to England by steamer. He left...
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