Project Gutenberg 2005-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 81 Masefield, John 1878 1967 Jim Davis Reading ease score: 88.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Eric Casteleijn, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Jim Davis" by John Masefield is a semi-autobiographical novel written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the life and adventures of Jim Davis, a young boy growing up in 19th-century England, navigating the complexities of childhood against a backdrop of rural life, family loss, and early encounters with a world of adventure and danger. At the start of "Jim Davis," the narrator introduces himself and recalls his early life in Newnham-on-Severn, beginning with the story of his birth in 1800. As he recounts memories of his childhood, readers learn of his close, albeit tragic, family dynamics following the death of his parents and his eventual relocation to live with his uncle and aunt. Through a vivid description of his first journey to Devon, Jim shares his youthful wonder at the world around him, including encounters with sailors and his imagination fueled by tales of pirates and treasures. The opening chapters set the tone for Jim's adventures while highlighting key themes of loss, longing, and the quest for connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pirates -- Juvenile fiction Sailing ships -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 328142 328047 2024-10-03T13:09:21.745818 2023-10-04T03:57:18.779072 text/html text/html 325186 2013-02-12T15:21:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii 110684 2013-02-12T15:22:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 187505 2024-10-03T13:09:28.952834 application/epub+zip 190448 2024-10-03T13:09:24.813782 application/epub+zip 180339 2024-10-03T13:09:23.596766 application/epub+zip 336121 2024-10-03T13:09:32.218716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305491 2024-10-03T13:09:28.200854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275720 2022-09-04T05:43:05.859122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277805 277682 2024-10-03T13:09:21.028962 2023-10-04T03:57:18.209062 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 277617 2013-02-12T15:21:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105569 2013-02-12T15:22:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19604 2024-10-03T13:09:32.344719 application/rdf+xml 12204 2024-10-03T13:09:24.148757 image/jpeg 3241 2024-10-03T13:09:23.873763 image/jpeg 185533 2024-10-03T13:09:21.772877 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