Jims [sic] cruise
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| Creator | Nelson, Elmer H., 1878-1930 |
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| Title | Jims [sic] cruise |
| Cover Title | Jims cruise |
| Corrected Title | Jim's cruise |
| Dates | 1890-1899 |
| Abstract | Written by Elmer Nelson, this short story is about a fourteen year old boy looking for adventure who boards a ship and heads out to sea. After enduring sickness, battling eagles while on a high cliff and surviving the fury of a major storm that damaged the ship and took the lives of several sailors, Jim returns home having had "quite a nice time." There are illustrations of Jim and the three-masted ship named "Speed." |
| Notes | The item is undated but the finding aid indicates the entire collection was likely created during the 1890s. |
| Physical Description | 1 item (6 pages : illustrations) ; 5 cm |
| Languages | English |
| Place of Creation | Goshen (N.H.) |
| Genre | Booklets |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Subject | Adventure and adventurers – Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Seafaring life – Juvenile fiction |
| Part of | Nelson Family Juvenilia Collection of Pamela Russell and Murray McClellan |
| Finding Aid | View the finding aid for this item's collection |
| Repository | Amherst College Archives & Special Collections |
| Shelf Location | Box 1 Folder 26 |
| Rights | Public Domain: We believe this material to be in the public domain and free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found. |