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Author: James H. Ellis Publisher: US Naval Institute Press ISBN: 9781682473436 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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The colorful Captain John "Mad Jack" Percival was a legend in his time. Known as a seaman of uncommon ability and fearlessness, he led such an extraordinary life that he drew the attention of the famous novelists Hawthorne, Melville, and Michener. The fact that his first and last ships are national shrines has only enhanced his reputation. Percival's naval career began in 1797 when he was impressed into British naval service aboard the HMS Victory and ended in 1846 after taking the USS Constitution on her only around-the-world cruise. This book draws from unpublished journals, letters, and logs to provide previously unknown details about his adventures and the formative years of the U.S. Navy. Hailing from Cape Cod and recognized by Congress for meritorious action in the War of 1812, Mad Jack fought against the French and British and had the Constitution off the coast of Mexico when war with that country broke out. In between he chased West Indies pirates and Globe mutineers, tussled with South Pacific chieftains, policed distant American whalers and merchantmen, charted unknown waters, quarreled with missionaries, educated and trained midshipmen, and skirmished with local forces in what is now Vietnam. This work is just as entertaining as the tall tales about this heroic figure spun by generations of seamen, but it is completely true.
Author: James H. Ellis Publisher: US Naval Institute Press ISBN: 9781682473436 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The colorful Captain John "Mad Jack" Percival was a legend in his time. Known as a seaman of uncommon ability and fearlessness, he led such an extraordinary life that he drew the attention of the famous novelists Hawthorne, Melville, and Michener. The fact that his first and last ships are national shrines has only enhanced his reputation. Percival's naval career began in 1797 when he was impressed into British naval service aboard the HMS Victory and ended in 1846 after taking the USS Constitution on her only around-the-world cruise. This book draws from unpublished journals, letters, and logs to provide previously unknown details about his adventures and the formative years of the U.S. Navy. Hailing from Cape Cod and recognized by Congress for meritorious action in the War of 1812, Mad Jack fought against the French and British and had the Constitution off the coast of Mexico when war with that country broke out. In between he chased West Indies pirates and Globe mutineers, tussled with South Pacific chieftains, policed distant American whalers and merchantmen, charted unknown waters, quarreled with missionaries, educated and trained midshipmen, and skirmished with local forces in what is now Vietnam. This work is just as entertaining as the tall tales about this heroic figure spun by generations of seamen, but it is completely true.
Author: Catherine Coulter Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780515124200 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 364
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The fifth book in the Bride Saga from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Winifrede disguises herself as a male valet to Grayson St. Cyre’s aunts, but when Grayson discovers the truth, he uncovers feelings he never imagined he possessed.
Author: Catherine Coulter Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780515124200 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 364
Book Description
The fifth book in the Bride Saga from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Winifrede disguises herself as a male valet to Grayson St. Cyre’s aunts, but when Grayson discovers the truth, he uncovers feelings he never imagined he possessed.
Author: David Long Publisher: Praeger ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 296
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A respected writer of naval history, Long is most qualified to write this first biography of Mad Jack, an unusual and controversial figure in the early days of the U.S. Navy. Using family accounts and primary materials, Long recounts the 40-year naval career of this maverick naval officer and in doing so gives the low-down on how the Navy worked in its nascent years. Anyone interested in eighteenth and nineteenth century military history will find this engrossing reading. This popularly written but scholarly study covers the unusual Navy captain, whose career spanned the globe. Long provides a chronological account of Captain Percival's early years; his command during the War of 1812; his administrative duties at the Boston Navy Yard; his trips to the Pacific; mutinies; an incident with missionaries in Hawaii and the subsequent trial; cruises to the Caribbean; South America; and the Mediterranean; a trek around the world in the mid-1840s; his retirement; and his final years. Extensive notes and a bibliographical essay guide the reader to other important sources for those studying the period. Numerous maps are also provided.
Author: Mac Barnett Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593113861 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 80
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From New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Geisel Award-winning illustrator Greg Pizzoli, an uproarious early reader series about a mischievous rabbit, a cranky old lady, and a lovable dog. When the Lady is mad at Jack, she decides to send him and Rex on a one-way trip to outer space. While she enjoys some rare peace and quiet, Jack and Rex get into trouble, resulting in their exile to the dark side of the moon. After an alien chase and some snacks, Jack and Rex get blasted home to Earth. But will the Lady take naughty Jack back?
Author: Ed Turner Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1411676483 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 193
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Narrative convention tells us that the moment when all of one's problems appear to be solved is, in almost all cases, a brief interlude before things get much more interesting. So, if you'd spent the last twenty years alone on a spaceship hurtling out of control in no particular direction, the appearance of people who can repair your ship using bits of theirs and open up a wormhole network that can get you back to Earth in weeks instead of generations would probably strike you as the solution to all your problems. Then you'd get a brief interlude to discover that centuries had passed since you left, the language you spoke was dead, and oh yeah...these people had no actual idea how to get back to Earth ...things are going to get much, much more interesting.
Author: Ken Dunn Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781478253839 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 370
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Jolly Jack's Castle is a story about education in the Independent sector and was written after I had departed a certain school, still smarting from the crap I'd had to deal with there. I hope things are different today but I fear that some of the situations I found may still hold true in both independent and state schools nationwide. To tell you where the school I taught actually is would be slightly risky, not to say dangerous given the litigation that might follow. Let me just say it's quite well known and appears to be a prestigious and very ancient monument to learning. It has changed since I left the place but I do wonder how much. To say more would only compromise the innocent, the kids!
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