Jim Davis: High-Sea Adventure
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Book Overview
In "Jim Davis," John Masefield crafts a poignant narrative that moves seamlessly between adventure and introspection, encapsulating the struggles of a young man finding his place in the world. Set... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0439404363
ISBN13:9780439404365
Release Date:November 2002
Publisher:Chicken House
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.68 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"
Age Range:9 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 4 to 7
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Traditional English high adventure literature
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
If you like Robert Louis Stevenson, you will thoroughly enjoy Masefield's Jim Davis. I first read this at age 14 (with some vocab help from dear old dad) and it remains one of the best books I have read in a long while. Being a history major and an english minor I found the prose of this book delightful and the historical significance astounding. If you are an adult who has read and re-read Stevenson too much and want the same genre but a different author/plot Jim Davis is the novel for you. If you have a child whom you wish to turn onto fine literature Jim Davis will grab your child's imagination and illustrate a grand adventure of pirates, smugglers, soldiers and gypsies for it. Any child (old or young) can relate to the stories narrator, this is a jewel of English literature. Another great Stevenson alternate is J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet, it is a bit of an easier read than Jim Davis, but contains just as much adventure.
A Boy's Adventures Along the Devon Coast
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This story is set in early 19th century Devon, during the Napoleonic Wars. The narrator is a boy in his early teens, who by chance and high spirits falls in with a gang of smugglers bringing contraband by sea from France to England. It's a fast-moving story, in the tradition of R. L. Stevenson, and a good look at the history of the period along England's south coast too.
This is a very good book.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
It is appropriate for anyone who loves action and adventure
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