The Cruise of the Kawa - Wanderings in the South Seas (Paperback)

1921. With seventeen illustrations and a map. Walter E. Traprock is the pseudonym for George S. Chappell. The Cruise of the Kawa is a professional, carefully crafted joke in the form of a parody. Towards the end of the story it introduces the several authors whose work it has aped: Fred O'Brien, Martin Johnson, William Beebe, MacQuarrie, Captain Bligh and Joseph Conrad. The actual author was George S. Chappell, a professional architect trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris after graduating from Yale in 1899. He was also known as George Shepard. He wrote a series of similar books over a 15-year period, into the 1930's.

General

Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	September 2010
Authors:	Walter E. Traprock • George S. Chappell
Dimensions:	152 x 229 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-1-162-76273-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > General Books > Biography > General Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > General
LSN:	1-162-76273-X
Barcode:	9781162762739

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