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Author: Annette Brock Davis Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 1459714261 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
In 1933, a young Canadian woman rejected the expectations of society and her upper-class family and became a crew member aboard one of the last great four-masted sailing vessels that still plied the ocean. It was not an easy task. Young Annette had to fight pressures from her family, rejection from schools of navigation, and doubts from ship owners. When she finally found a berth as an apprentice seaman, she faced hostility from officers and crew, who grumbled that she should be home "raising babies." In the end, however, Annette won their respect, taking in sails, standing night watches, hauling and coiling ropes all the tasks the men were doing, with no concession to a girl’s lesser strength. My Year Before the Mast tells the story of Annette Brock Davis’s life on the sea as the first female crew member of a commercial sailing line. Her courage and determination to break into a closed male world are central to this book, but we cannot ignore the fact that, while this is a book about a woman’s struggle, it is also a book about the sea. Davis brings to life an era long gone, and introduces an incredible cast of characters the crew, officers, and passengers, each with his own foibles, humour, generosity, and flashes of meanness. But through it all, Annette emerges as the most remarkable character of them all.
Author: Richard Henry Dana Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1574093193 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 406
Book Description
A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s classic travel narrative, which inspired canonical works such as Moby Dick and Sailing Alone Around the World. As Rod Scher follows Dana (the Harvard dropout-turned-sailor) on his voyages around North America, he annotates Dana’s tale with critiques, tie-ins to today, and little-known facts about both the book and the milieu of Dana’s time.
Author: Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101050349 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 433
Book Description
Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail, including an intriguing portrait of California before the gold rush. As D. H. Lawrence proclaimed, "Dana's small book is a very great book."
Author: Phil Cousineau Publisher: Conari Press ISBN: 9781573248242 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 328
Book Description
Why coincidences happen and what they mean has long been an object of fascination. Here, Cousineau collects episodes of chance that defy explanation from the lives of real people. The author shows that recognizing synchronicity creates a deeper appreciation for the bonds that connect our lives.
Author: Annette Brock Davis
Author: Annette Brock Davis
Author: Jacob A. Hazen
Author: Richard Henry Dana (Jr.)
Author: Richard Henry Dana
Author: RICHARD HENRY. DANA
Author: Richard Henry DANA (Author of “Two Years before the Mast.”.)
Author: Richard Henry Dana
Author: Jacob A. Hazen
Author: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Author: Phil Cousineau