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Title: David goes voyagingAuthor: David Binney PutnamAuthor of introduction, etc.: William BeebeIllustrator: Isabel CooperDonald Horace DickermanDwight FranklinRelease date: October 10, 2024 [eBook #74551]Language: EnglishOriginal publication: United States: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Title: David goes voyaging
Author: David Binney PutnamAuthor of introduction, etc.: William BeebeIllustrator: Isabel CooperDonald Horace DickermanDwight Franklin
Author: David Binney Putnam
Author of introduction, etc.: William Beebe
Illustrator: Isabel Cooper
Donald Horace Dickerman
Dwight Franklin
Release date: October 10, 2024 [eBook #74551]
Language: English
Original publication: United States: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925
Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAVID GOES VOYAGING ***
[Contents][Contents]“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”[Contents]Original Title Page.DAVIDGOES VOYAGINGBYDAVID BINNEY PUTNAMWITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DECORATIONS BY ISABEL COOPER, DON DICKERMANANDDWIGHT FRANKLING. P. PUTNAM’S SONSNEW YORK AND LONDONThe Knickerbocker Press1925[Contents]Copyright, 1925byG. P. Putnam’s SonsFirst printing, September, 1925Second printing, October, 1925Third printing, November, 1925Fourth printing, November, 1925Fifth printing, November, 1925Publisher’s logo with sailing ship and text: “De Halve Maen” and “The Knickerbocker Press New York”Made in the United States of America[Contents]ToGRANDMAANDGRANDPA BUB[v][Contents]A SOLEMN FOREWORDMr. George Putnam has asked me to write a solemn foreword to David’s book. An ideal foreword cannot be too brief, should never be in the nature of an apology or a panegyric,—and in fact any direct reference to the subject of the volume in which it is printed is in the nature of redundancy. Its only use, as far as I can see, is a chance to exploit some idea of the foreword’s author which he can find no opportunity to print elsewhere.Pragmatism alone was the stimulus of my suggestion that eleven-year-old David Putnam go on one leg of theArcturusexpedition—a Squeersian acid test of sorts. Also a selfish desire to see how my blasé enthusiasms[vi]had changed since I thrilled at my first palm tree and my first dolphin.I wanted to see the immediate result of a temporary shift from school to skyline, from books to boobies, of the putting of volcanoes into vacations, and of the working out of a sublimated hooky. Of the immediate personal reactions between David, myself and our gorgeous environment I can speak only with sheer enjoyment. Neither of us ever tired of exeleutherostomizing at every new thrill.As to the sifting of all these impressions, their reclothing in words and phrases, I am looking forward with keen interest to reading David’s book when it is published, to see what has been gained or lost, in this, one of the most severe tests of the working of a human mind.William Beebe,Steam YachtArcturus.[vii][Contents]CONTENTSCONTENTSPAGEDavid Goes Voyaging3We Start on Our Cruise13The Galápagos Islands23Tower Island31The Volcano41A Day Ashore47The Diving Helmet53The Shipwrecked Man59Hood Island65A Day on Shipboard73Dredging79Panama[viii]85Cocos Island91May 20th, 192599Weeks at Sea105Tagus Cove111The Giant Devil Fish119Molten Lava125Song to Davie Putnam131[ix][Contents]ILLUSTRATIONSILLUSTRATIONSFACING PAGE“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest”FrontispieceUsing a Net from the Boom4David and an Albatross6In the Pulpit at the Bow8These Lizards Bite if They Get a Chance26The Frigate Birds are Unbelievably Tame32Diving in a Rock Pool at Darwin Bay36The First View of the Volcano on Albemarle42In the Diving Helmet, Standing in Front of Shark Cage54Dwight Franklin’s Pirate Sketch60Examining a Haul[x]74On Deck with “Pinkie” the Penguin76Inspecting a Deep-Sea Haul86The Pirate88TheArcturusat Cocos Island92Ashore at Chatham Bay, Cocos Island94The Birthday Party100Don’s Birthday Card102With “Fury,” Don’s Famous Cutlass104Chiriqui, Dyna, the Dog-House and David108Reading from Left to Right, David, Don and Bozo, the Young Sea-Lion112Entering Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island114The 46-Pound Tuna120The 18-Foot Devil-Fish on the Deck of theArcturus122Where the Molten Lava Poured into the Sea128[1]
[Contents]
[Contents]“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”
“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”
“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”
“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest.”
[Contents]Original Title Page.
Original Title Page.
Original Title Page.
DAVIDGOES VOYAGINGBYDAVID BINNEY PUTNAMWITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DECORATIONS BY ISABEL COOPER, DON DICKERMANANDDWIGHT FRANKLING. P. PUTNAM’S SONSNEW YORK AND LONDONThe Knickerbocker Press1925
DAVIDGOES VOYAGING
BYDAVID BINNEY PUTNAMWITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DECORATIONS BY ISABEL COOPER, DON DICKERMANANDDWIGHT FRANKLIN
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONSNEW YORK AND LONDONThe Knickerbocker Press1925
[Contents]Copyright, 1925byG. P. Putnam’s SonsFirst printing, September, 1925Second printing, October, 1925Third printing, November, 1925Fourth printing, November, 1925Fifth printing, November, 1925Publisher’s logo with sailing ship and text: “De Halve Maen” and “The Knickerbocker Press New York”Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1925byG. P. Putnam’s SonsFirst printing, September, 1925Second printing, October, 1925Third printing, November, 1925Fourth printing, November, 1925Fifth printing, November, 1925Publisher’s logo with sailing ship and text: “De Halve Maen” and “The Knickerbocker Press New York”Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1925byG. P. Putnam’s Sons
Publisher’s logo with sailing ship and text: “De Halve Maen” and “The Knickerbocker Press New York”
Made in the United States of America
[Contents]ToGRANDMAANDGRANDPA BUB[v]
ToGRANDMAANDGRANDPA BUB[v]
ToGRANDMAANDGRANDPA BUB[v]
[Contents]A SOLEMN FOREWORDMr. George Putnam has asked me to write a solemn foreword to David’s book. An ideal foreword cannot be too brief, should never be in the nature of an apology or a panegyric,—and in fact any direct reference to the subject of the volume in which it is printed is in the nature of redundancy. Its only use, as far as I can see, is a chance to exploit some idea of the foreword’s author which he can find no opportunity to print elsewhere.Pragmatism alone was the stimulus of my suggestion that eleven-year-old David Putnam go on one leg of theArcturusexpedition—a Squeersian acid test of sorts. Also a selfish desire to see how my blasé enthusiasms[vi]had changed since I thrilled at my first palm tree and my first dolphin.I wanted to see the immediate result of a temporary shift from school to skyline, from books to boobies, of the putting of volcanoes into vacations, and of the working out of a sublimated hooky. Of the immediate personal reactions between David, myself and our gorgeous environment I can speak only with sheer enjoyment. Neither of us ever tired of exeleutherostomizing at every new thrill.As to the sifting of all these impressions, their reclothing in words and phrases, I am looking forward with keen interest to reading David’s book when it is published, to see what has been gained or lost, in this, one of the most severe tests of the working of a human mind.William Beebe,Steam YachtArcturus.[vii]
A SOLEMN FOREWORD
Mr. George Putnam has asked me to write a solemn foreword to David’s book. An ideal foreword cannot be too brief, should never be in the nature of an apology or a panegyric,—and in fact any direct reference to the subject of the volume in which it is printed is in the nature of redundancy. Its only use, as far as I can see, is a chance to exploit some idea of the foreword’s author which he can find no opportunity to print elsewhere.Pragmatism alone was the stimulus of my suggestion that eleven-year-old David Putnam go on one leg of theArcturusexpedition—a Squeersian acid test of sorts. Also a selfish desire to see how my blasé enthusiasms[vi]had changed since I thrilled at my first palm tree and my first dolphin.I wanted to see the immediate result of a temporary shift from school to skyline, from books to boobies, of the putting of volcanoes into vacations, and of the working out of a sublimated hooky. Of the immediate personal reactions between David, myself and our gorgeous environment I can speak only with sheer enjoyment. Neither of us ever tired of exeleutherostomizing at every new thrill.As to the sifting of all these impressions, their reclothing in words and phrases, I am looking forward with keen interest to reading David’s book when it is published, to see what has been gained or lost, in this, one of the most severe tests of the working of a human mind.William Beebe,Steam YachtArcturus.[vii]
Mr. George Putnam has asked me to write a solemn foreword to David’s book. An ideal foreword cannot be too brief, should never be in the nature of an apology or a panegyric,—and in fact any direct reference to the subject of the volume in which it is printed is in the nature of redundancy. Its only use, as far as I can see, is a chance to exploit some idea of the foreword’s author which he can find no opportunity to print elsewhere.
Pragmatism alone was the stimulus of my suggestion that eleven-year-old David Putnam go on one leg of theArcturusexpedition—a Squeersian acid test of sorts. Also a selfish desire to see how my blasé enthusiasms[vi]had changed since I thrilled at my first palm tree and my first dolphin.
I wanted to see the immediate result of a temporary shift from school to skyline, from books to boobies, of the putting of volcanoes into vacations, and of the working out of a sublimated hooky. Of the immediate personal reactions between David, myself and our gorgeous environment I can speak only with sheer enjoyment. Neither of us ever tired of exeleutherostomizing at every new thrill.
As to the sifting of all these impressions, their reclothing in words and phrases, I am looking forward with keen interest to reading David’s book when it is published, to see what has been gained or lost, in this, one of the most severe tests of the working of a human mind.
William Beebe,Steam YachtArcturus.[vii]
[Contents]CONTENTSCONTENTSPAGEDavid Goes Voyaging3We Start on Our Cruise13The Galápagos Islands23Tower Island31The Volcano41A Day Ashore47The Diving Helmet53The Shipwrecked Man59Hood Island65A Day on Shipboard73Dredging79Panama[viii]85Cocos Island91May 20th, 192599Weeks at Sea105Tagus Cove111The Giant Devil Fish119Molten Lava125Song to Davie Putnam131[ix]
CONTENTSCONTENTSPAGEDavid Goes Voyaging3We Start on Our Cruise13The Galápagos Islands23Tower Island31The Volcano41A Day Ashore47The Diving Helmet53The Shipwrecked Man59Hood Island65A Day on Shipboard73Dredging79Panama[viii]85Cocos Island91May 20th, 192599Weeks at Sea105Tagus Cove111The Giant Devil Fish119Molten Lava125Song to Davie Putnam131
CONTENTS
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[Contents]ILLUSTRATIONSILLUSTRATIONSFACING PAGE“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest”FrontispieceUsing a Net from the Boom4David and an Albatross6In the Pulpit at the Bow8These Lizards Bite if They Get a Chance26The Frigate Birds are Unbelievably Tame32Diving in a Rock Pool at Darwin Bay36The First View of the Volcano on Albemarle42In the Diving Helmet, Standing in Front of Shark Cage54Dwight Franklin’s Pirate Sketch60Examining a Haul[x]74On Deck with “Pinkie” the Penguin76Inspecting a Deep-Sea Haul86The Pirate88TheArcturusat Cocos Island92Ashore at Chatham Bay, Cocos Island94The Birthday Party100Don’s Birthday Card102With “Fury,” Don’s Famous Cutlass104Chiriqui, Dyna, the Dog-House and David108Reading from Left to Right, David, Don and Bozo, the Young Sea-Lion112Entering Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island114The 46-Pound Tuna120The 18-Foot Devil-Fish on the Deck of theArcturus122Where the Molten Lava Poured into the Sea128[1]
ILLUSTRATIONSILLUSTRATIONSFACING PAGE“I Lifted a Frigate Bird Off His Nest”FrontispieceUsing a Net from the Boom4David and an Albatross6In the Pulpit at the Bow8These Lizards Bite if They Get a Chance26The Frigate Birds are Unbelievably Tame32Diving in a Rock Pool at Darwin Bay36The First View of the Volcano on Albemarle42In the Diving Helmet, Standing in Front of Shark Cage54Dwight Franklin’s Pirate Sketch60Examining a Haul[x]74On Deck with “Pinkie” the Penguin76Inspecting a Deep-Sea Haul86The Pirate88TheArcturusat Cocos Island92Ashore at Chatham Bay, Cocos Island94The Birthday Party100Don’s Birthday Card102With “Fury,” Don’s Famous Cutlass104Chiriqui, Dyna, the Dog-House and David108Reading from Left to Right, David, Don and Bozo, the Young Sea-Lion112Entering Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island114The 46-Pound Tuna120The 18-Foot Devil-Fish on the Deck of theArcturus122Where the Molten Lava Poured into the Sea128
ILLUSTRATIONS
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