Author: Allan Ahlberg Publisher: ISBN: 9780670805785 Category : Sailing Languages : en Pages : 24
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When the Salt family sails to Coconut Island, they decide to leave Sammy Salt behind because he is too little. Suggested level: junior.
Author: David L. Bristow Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 1466871423 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 156
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For more than a century before airplanes, people explored the sky in balloons. From 1783 to the early 1900s, aeronauts flew into storms, crossed large bodies of water, sailed over enemy armies, and soared to deadly altitudes. Illustrated in full color with dramatuc period artwork, Sky Sailors by David L. Bristow presents the stories of the pioneers of human flight, such as daredevil Sophie Blanchard from Napoleon's France, and Salomon Andree, who lead an aerial assault on the North Pole in 1897.
Author: William G. Mangan Publisher: Booklocker.com ISBN: 9781647193157 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 90
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Back when ships were wood with sails powered by wind, men were tough as iron. They sailed following the stars, ate dried food, lived spartan lives and endured rough seas. This is one man's adventures living in that world and more.
Author: Doina Cornell Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408181533 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 222
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A Child of the Sea is the true story of Jimmy Cornell's daughter sailing around the world on the family's small yacht from the age of 7 to 14, based on Doina's diaries, letters and memories. From 1975 to 1981 the Cornell family visited 54 countries, sailed more than 68,000 miles, and travelled about the same distance overland. The story is told from Doina's point of view, although the main part of the book focuses on the family's three-year stay in the Pacific when she is aged between 10 and 13. Child of the Sea is unusual in that it gives a glimpse into a life that most young children couldn't imagine, swimming, diving and playing the days away in deserted anchorages; visiting some of the most beautiful islands in the world; falling in love with the sea in all its ever-changing moods, from balmy trade wind ocean passages to the treacherous breakers that crash onto tropical reefs, and taking a full part in sailing and handling the yacht on passage. The book also tells the story of a girl's coming of age in the South Pacific, understanding different cultures and values, and experiencing at first-hand how people judge each other depending on the colour of their skin - from the time on Easter Island when tourists mistake Doina for a Polynesian girl, to her and her brother's hostile prejudiced reception back in an English school at the end of their journey. What do children need to grow up happy and healthy? Security with their family; an element of risk; freedom to explore the world; openness to other peoples and cultures; closeness with nature and the elements and an appreciation of the environment and our finite resources. The sailing life offers all this and more, and this book captures it all.
Author: Stephen Taylor Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300252617 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 535
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A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain’s trade, exploration, and warfare British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, "illiterate" seamen. Now Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters, and naval records, including court-martials and petitions, to present these men in their own words. In this exhilarating account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs. Proud and spirited, learned in their own fashion, with robust opinions and the courage to challenge overweening authority, they stand out from their less adventurous compatriots. Taylor demonstrates how the sailor was the engine of British prosperity and expansion up to the Industrial Revolution. From exploring the South Seas with Cook to establishing the East India Company as a global corporation, from the sea battles that made Britain a superpower to the crisis of the 1797 mutinies, these "sons of the waves" held the nation’s destiny in their calloused hands.
Author: Ross H. Mackenzie Publisher: ISBN: 9780989342001 Category : Languages : en Pages : 32
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My Sailor Dad is a loving tribute to all families – Navy and non-military. The book uses lively text and beautiful illustrations to celebrate the sacrifices of today’s sailors, to showcase the awesome scale of today’s Navy, and to serve as an invaluable resource to Navy families who struggle with questions like, “Why do you have to go to sea?”, “Does your job really matter?”, “Do you love me when you are gone?” and “Will you ever come home?”
Author: Elmo Zumwalt Publisher: Dell ISBN: 9780440159735 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 270
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The powerful personal account of Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Jr., and his son, Elmo III in Vietnam. For it was the father who ordered the waterways that his son patrolled to be sprayed with Agent Orange. And it was the son, and eventual grandson that developed medical complications as a result of exposure to the defoliant. 8 pages of photographs.
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