Monday, May 9, 2016

MY JOURNAL: Glimpses into Vol. 5 (ages 12-13)

Jan 9, 1957 - June 4,1957 Capetown, St. Helena, Ascension, Fortaleza, Salinas, Barbados, Martinique, Dominica, Antigua, St. Maartens, St. Thomas, and the growing anticipation of approaching New York.
Cape Town, Feb. 5, 1957: Telegram from agent announces Jessica's Journal accepted for publication.
Geography lesson: Where does the Golden Gate Bridge GO?
Between Ascension and Brazil. ". . . other members living with us on the boat. Fleas, nasty, vicious little beasts with big appetites. Bed-bugs. Little red things that are so tiny they must be all teeth. Small, long, black ones, whose bite always swells to a huge lump and feels as if he hadn't let go. Regular ants--who may or may not bite; I don't know because so many others do. Biggest--and dangerous to the boat itself--BORERS."
Skipper has the cats tried for mutiny
Fortaleza, Brazil: My 13th birthday--on the Amazon!

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