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Far Tortuga

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Description: A West Indian turtle-fishing expedition meets with failure and desperation and discord affect the ragged crew who are beset with superstition and belief in tales of pirates, storms and other folkloric episodes. Finally in a desperate gamble to find the turtles, the captain sets sail for the legendary inlet south of Cuba, Far Tortuga.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1975]
Call number: 660874
Creator: Matthiessen, Peter(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 039449461X; 9780394494616; 9780394756677; 0394756673
Provenance: Purchased from Kim Stanley Robinson, August 2025. From the Kim Stanley Robinson Library. With autograph signature of author on half-title and signed "K.S. Robinson, April 14, 1977" on verso of front freeendpaper.

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