'Poor Jack' is a rags-to-riches story written by the English author Frederick Marryat, published in 1840. It tells the story of Thomas Saunders, a sailor's son
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"I was born dirt poor and will probably die dirt poor," states Jack Barnes in his beguiling memoir in which he reveals the life fate dealt him and what he did w