ODTAA (1926) by John Masefield (1878 - 1967) is an adventure novel first published in February 1926. The letters in its title stand for `One Damn Thing After Another`. It opens with establishing narrative describing the fictional nation of Santa Barbara, which `lies far to leeward of the Sugar States, is at the angle of the continent [of South ...... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ODTAA