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    A Ballad of John Silver
    A Ballad of John Silver
    A Ballad of John Silver
    Audiobook20 minutes

    A Ballad of John Silver

    Written by John Masefield

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings ofA Ballad of John Silver, by John Masefield, to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 17th, 2006.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    John Masefield

    John Masefield was a well-known English poet and novelist. After boarding school, Masefield took to a life at sea where he picked up many stories, which influenced his decision to become a writer. Upon returning to England after finding work in New York City, Masefield began publishing his poetry in periodicals, and then eventually in collections. In 1915, Masefield joined the Allied forces in France and served in a British army hospital there, despite being old enough to be exempt from military service. After a brief service, Masefield returned to Britain and was sent overseas to the United States to research the American opinion on the war. This trip encouraged him to write his book Gallipoli, which dealt with the failed Allied attacks in the Dardanelles, as a means of negating German propaganda in the Americas. Masefield continued to publish throughout his life and was appointed as Poet Laureate in 1930. Masefield died in 1967 the age of 88.

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