Physical description
Hard cover book. Jim Davis
Author: John Masefield
Publisher: Wells Gardner Darton & Co
Date: 1912-1920s
Further Information: Green Cloth hardcover with lettering and patterning to spine in black. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.
Publication type
fiction
Inscriptions & markings
The label on the spine has typed text PAT FIC MAS
Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute
Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Summary
Jim Davis is a classic British sea-adventure novel written for young adults. Set along the Devon coast of England in 1812, the story follows a twelve-year-old orphan named Jim Davis. While exploring local caves and coastlines, Jim inadvertently stumbles upon a ring of night-riders and smugglers led by a fierce, charismatic captain named Marah. To protect their operational secrets, the smugglers kidnap Jim and take him to sea. The novel details his reluctant adventures aboard smuggling luggers, evasions of the coastguard, skirmishes, and his eventual effort to escape and return to civilian life.
Keywords
- warrnambool,
- shipwrecked-coast,
- flagstaff-hill,
- flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum,
- maritime-museum,
- shipwreck-coast,
- flagstaff-hill-maritime-village,
- shipwrecked-artefact,
- book,
- jim davis,
- john masefield,
- warrnambool mechanics’ institute,
- pattison collection,
- warrnambool library,
- ralph eric pattison,
- corangamite regional library service,
- warrnambool city librarian,
- mechanics’ institute library,
- victorian library board,
- warrnambool books and records,
- warrnambool children’s library
References
- Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica
- Wikipedia Wikipedia
- Goodreads.
- Abe Books.
- Wikipedia.
