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Henry M. Plummer (1865–1928)

Autor/a de The Boy, Me, and the Cat

1 obres 28 Membres 2 Ressenyes

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(eng) Henry Plummer and Henry M. Plummer are different authors. Please do not combine them.

Obres de Henry M. Plummer

The Boy, Me, and the Cat (1961) 28 exemplars

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Nom oficial
Plummer, Henry Merrihew, Sr.
Data de naixement
1865-10-10
Data de defunció
1928-05-07
Lloc de naixement
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Lloc de defunció
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Professions
insurance broker
Nota de desambiguació
Henry Plummer and Henry M. Plummer are different authors. Please do not combine them.

Membres

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Charming has become perhaps a devalued word and is a little old-fashioned. So is this book, and the charm is in its period and its attitudes. It is eminently readable, straight-forward in its style and very interesting from a variety of viewpoints.

Be assured it is not just for sailors. An account of a vacation cruise in a small 19th century cat-boat (a sailing craft with one tall mast set well forward) down from the author’s home in Massachusetts along the coast down into Florida.

Henry Plummer is a remarkably capable man and a fond father – who treats problems with wit and tempers the challenge of small-boat cruising with fine meals (recipes sometimes included!). Written originally solely for family and friends – painfully “pricked-out” in the old duplicating process and then published on the insistence of his readers – for us too to enjoy this charming story.… (més)
 
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John_Vaughan | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Mar 18, 2011 |
Funny, entertaining marvelous little book about a boat trip from Massachusetts to Florida early in the 20th century. I read it as preparation for my own boat trip from the Chesapeake Bay to Miami and the Bahamas. For those who read Dutch: http://detreknaarhetzuiden.blogspot.com/2009/11/dag-een-van-deale-tot-solomons.h...
 
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jdpwash | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jan 25, 2011 |

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Obres
1
Membres
28
Popularitat
#471,397
Valoració
4.8
Ressenyes
2
ISBN
2