''ODTAA'' (1926) by John Masefield 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 f South America with two coasts, one facing to the north, the other east. The city of Santa Barbara is in a bay at the angle where these two coasts trend one from each other." The novel is set prior to the events described in Masefield's earlier novel ''

Sard Harker ''Sard Harker'' (1924) by John Masefield (1878–1967) is an adventure novel first published in October 1924. It is the first of three novels by Masefield set in the fictional nation of Santa Barbara in South America. The others are '' ODT ...

''. The novel inspired the orchestral overture, also titled ''ODTAA'', by

Doreen Carwithen Doreen Mary Carwithen (15 November 19225 January 2003) was a British composer of classical and film music. She was also known as Mary Alwyn following her marriage to William Alwyn. Biography Doreen Carwithen was born at 8, High Street, Haddenham, ...

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* 1926 British novels Novels by John Masefield English adventure novels Novels set in South America {{1920s-adventure-novel-stub