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Sherman Crockett
Two American Boys with the Dardanelles Battle Fleet
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338071828
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CHAPTER I.
ABOARD THE GREEK POWERBOAT.
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“This old Greek powerboat seems to be making pretty fair time, isn’t it, Amos?”
“It certainly is, Jack, which fact gives me a whole lot of solid satisfaction, I tell you.”
“Lucky for us the water happens to be fairly smooth this spring. They say the Ægean Sea can kick up a lively circus when it takes the notion.”
“The old stories told of the Greek mariners prove that. You know, Jack, we’re fairly surrounded by places that have been made famous in ancient history.”
“Right you are, Amos, and I reckon the Straits of the Dardanelles, that in the days of Leander used to be called the Hellespont, is one of the most noted sheets of water in the wide world.