The Little Ark by Jan de Hartog (1953)

The Little Ark
by Jan de Hartog
Illustrated by Joseph Low
Publisher:  Harper & Brothers
Copyright:  1953
Book Club Edition

To millions of Dutch people the floods of 1953 were an occasion of tragedy and heroism.  To Jan Brink and his sister Adinda, the small-sized hero and heroine of this story, the floods brought a magnificent adventure.  They shared it with their friends, Bussy, a pup, Ko, a white rabbit, and Noisette, a kitten who was more adult than anyone suspected, and Prince, a tyrannical cock.  This is a hard to keep together in a flood, but it was managed with the help of the toughest sailors afloat, and an unlikely collection of civilian rescue volunteers who hung grimly to their personal prides and jealousies through everything.  When the waters have at last receded from the steeples and treetops.  Jan and Adinda have seen the raw edges of many different men and women, one murder, and a series of comic, inspiring and breathtaking events.

Jan de Hartog has told this story of the days when the sea ran wild over Holland with deep feeling, with his famous lusty humor, and with the movement and suspense of which he is an acknowledged master.  Like his earlier novel, The Lost Sea -- a masterpiece by ever standard -- this is a story about children which is written in an adult fashion.  Like the flood victims, the reader is spared nothing -- but he will find in these pages the excitement, wonder and enchantment that went with Jan and Adinda from the moment they left the belfry tower and embarked on Mrs. Ool's miniature houseboat, sailing by the rooftops into a strange and thrilling world.

Condition:  Used.  Hardcover.  Dust cover is discolored and darkening from age.  Dust cover shows a bit of edge wear, creases and edge tears and edge wear.  Pages are tanning from age.  Binding is in the beginning stages of splitting, but pages are in tact.

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