Search Details

Word: catboat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...spite of, or because of, his wife; then left him in the lurch because, she discovered it was the cynic she "really loved." The idealist snatched this opportunity to make the final sacrifice for his spearhead of beauty, and set out upon a raging sea, heroic in a catboat. At the moment of wreck he suddenly realized the folly of his romanticism and grabbed a drifting spar. At daybreak he was rescued by contemptuous fishermen. And so to bed with a cold and a fright, the disillusioned young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sand Castle | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | Next