Action Various: Great Sea Stories. v1. 12 Oct 2013

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Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936) was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man. The New York Times noted in 1925 that he may be "the most industrious anthologist of his time." He is known for his popular themed collections and released over twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936. He founded two magazines, The New West (circa 1887) and The Wave (circa 1890). Afterwards he worked for newspapers "across the country" contributing poetry and articles. He struggled financially and in 1927 New York Graphic, a daily tabloid, published an autobiographical article they convinced him to write, they titled "I'm Starving--Yet I'm in Who's Who as the Author of 27 Famous Books."

Spanish Bloodhounds and English Mastiffs By Charles Kingsley
The Club-Hauling of the Diomede By Captain Frederick Marryat
The Cruise of the Torch By Michael Scott
The Merchantman and the Pirate By Charles Reade
The Mutiny of the Bounty Anonymous
The Wreck of the Royal Caroline By James Fennimore Cooper
The Capture of the Great White Whale By Herman Melville
The Corvette Claymore Victor Hugo
The Merchants' Cup By David W. Bone
A Storm and a Rescue By W. Clark Russell
The Sailor's Wife By Pierre Loti
The Salving of the Yan-Shan By H. De Vere Stackpoole
The Derelict Neptune By Morgan Robertson
The Terrible Solomons By Jack London
El Dorado By John Masefield