[Cover Illustration]
[Illustration: AUSTRALIA
_The South Seas where Joan Lowell, the Captain’s daughter, was rocked in
The Cradle of the Deep._]
THE
=CRADLE=
OF THE
=DEEP=
BY
_JOAN LOWELL_
[Illustration]
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
1929
SIMON AND SCHUSTER
NEW YORK
FIRST PRINTING MARCH 1929, 75,000 COPIES
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Copyright, 1929, by Simon and Schuster, Inc.
37 WEST 57 STREET NEW YORK
PRINTED IN U. S. A. BY VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, BINGHAMTON
BOUND BY H. WOLFF EST., N. Y.
DESIGNED BY ANDOR BRAUN
TO
Edward L. Bernays
AND
Hiram Kelly Motherwell
who encouraged me to write this book
_TABLE OF CONTENTS_
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CHAPTER I
“_I spit a curve in the wind_” 1