Project Gutenberg 2012-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 159 Stoddard, Charles Warren 1843 1909 Stoddard, C. W. (Charles Warren) Summer Cruising in the South Seas Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Summer Cruising in the South Seas" by Charles Warren Stoddard is a collection of personal travel narratives written in the late 19th century. The book details the author’s experiences during his summer cruises among the islands of the Pacific, capturing the enchanting beauty and unique culture of the South Seas. Through a series of evocative sketches, Stoddard invites readers to immerse themselves in idyllic landscapes and encounters with the local people, emphasizing a connection to the natural world and a contrasting detachment from modern civilization. The opening of the narrative introduces the author's profound affinity for the simplicity and natural beauty of island life. He reflects on his emotional ties to the islanders, whom he perceives as possessing a deep, imaginative spirit. Through vivid descriptions, Stoddard captures the essence of his journeys at sea, detailing moments of solitude, introspection, and the excitement of discovering tropical paradises. The text hints at themes of love, nostalgia, and the bittersweet realization that the allure of island life comes with inevitable cultural and existential complexities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Oceania -- Description and travel DU Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 544853 544862 2024-09-17T03:33:44.998498 2023-09-17T11:49:45.435082 text/html text/html 548910 2012-06-16T14:19:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 216020 2012-06-16T14:23:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 281968 2024-09-17T03:33:52.789476 application/epub+zip 288414 2024-09-17T03:33:46.755464 application/epub+zip 288414 2024-09-17T03:33:45.735466 application/epub+zip 528244 2024-09-17T03:33:57.914403 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495950 2024-09-17T03:33:52.050448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495876 2022-09-18T10:18:29.175511 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517749 517546 2024-09-17T03:33:44.140478 2023-09-17T11:49:44.550053 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 517473 2012-06-16T14:19:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 208248 2012-06-16T14:23:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 517465 2012-06-16T14:22:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208146 2012-06-16T14:23:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20052 2024-09-17T03:33:58.059406 application/rdf+xml 17415 2024-09-17T03:33:46.098695 image/jpeg 4063 2024-09-17T03:33:45.913493 image/jpeg 278899 2024-09-17T03:33:45.046488 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia