Author: United States Naval AcademyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval education
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Annapolis, the United States Naval Academy Catalog
Author: United States Naval AcademyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval education
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Annapolis, United States Academy Catalog
Author: United States Naval AcademyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, June 30, 1860
Author: United States Naval Academy. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Annapolis, the United States Naval Academy Catalog
Author: United States Naval AcademyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval education
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Annapolis Autumn
Author: Bruce FlemingPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595587233
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
What really goes on behind the wall that surrounds the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis? What are all those midshipmen, future officers in the U.S. Naval and Marine Corps and leaders of our society, thinking as they stand in neat ranks at the parades beloved by tourists? What are their professors actually educating them to do. In Annapolis Autumn, Bruce Fleming, professor of English for nearly two decades at the academy and a prizewinning author, captures the sights, sounds, colors, and conversations of this tradition-steeped institution. In other classes, the cadets learn how to assemble guns, control armored vehicles, man battleships, and kill other human beings. Nothing is ever less than “outstanding, sir!” In English class, however, Fleming introduces his students to nuance and subtext, to the gay poets of World War I, and to the idea that not every piece of literature is designed to be “motivational.” Sharing stories from his twenty years at the academy, Fleming explores questions about teaching, the labels “liberal” and “conservative,” and the ultimate purpose of higher education—issues made all the more gripping at a time when many of his students will graduate from the classroom to the battlefield.
The Herndon Climb
Author: James McNealPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682475522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Herndon Climb is an important and meaningful ritual in Naval Academy culture. Scaling the heavily greased, 21-foot tall Herndon Monument as a group at the very end of the year for "plebes," or freshmen, the Climb marks a major turning point in the lives of all Midshipmen, who are relieved of their low status at the moment they complete the task. The book is culled from interviews with more than fifty subjects, including participants in Climbs over the past six decades, with personal observations from the 2019 and 2018 events. Co-author James McNeal recalls the joyful pride of participating in the Climb as a plebe in 1983, and his experience helps bring vivid detail to the memories and reflections of his fellow Midshipmen. The book also includes a discussion of the career of William Lewis Herndon, whose heroic sacrifice at sea inspired the monument, and also traces the history and development of the modern Climb to its roots in the earliest plebe celebrations.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1724
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Bainbridge, U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School, Catalog 1973-74
Author: United States Naval AcademyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
First Class
Author: Sharon DisherPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612514294
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
When Sharon Hanley Disher entered the U.S. Naval Academy with eighty other young women in 1976, she helped end a 131-year all-male tradition at Annapolis. Her entertaining and shocking account of the women's four-year effort to join the academy's elite fraternity and become commissioned naval officers is a valuable chronicle of the times, and her insights have been credited with helping us understand the challenges of integrating women into the military services. From the punishing crucible of plebe summer to the triumph of graduation, she describes their search for ways to survive the mental and physical hurdles they had to overcome. Unflinchingly frank, she freely discusses the prejudice and abuse they encountered that often went unpunished or unreported. A loyal Navy supporter, nevertheless, Disher provides a balanced account of life behind the academy's storied walls for that first group of teenaged women who charted the way for future female midshipmen. Lively, well researched, and amazingly good humored, the book seems as fresh today as it was when first published in hardcover in 1998.