Author: Lowell ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The Sea Devil's Fo'c'sle
Author: Lowell ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A Book of Prose Selections
Author: John MasefieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
New Chum
Author: John MasefieldThe Sea of Lost Sons
Author: G.A. GulickPublisher: Black Rose Writing
ISBN: 1684333946
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The Sea of Lost Sons is a story within a story. It begins with the fictional resumption of Treasure Island shortly after Captain Bones dies, and pirates raid the Benbow Inn. When Jim Hawkins sails away to find Bones’ treasure, Jonah, an orphan, takes his place at the Inn. Later, Jonah walks to Bristol to seek his fortune but is waylaid by a press gang and thrown onto a ship sailing to Africa to pick up captives for the slave trade. Jonah is shocked by the crew’s cruelty and befriends a young African boy. When the ship flounders and is attacked by the notorious Bartholomew Roberts, “Black Bart,” Jonah is taken aboard as a powder boy. The British Navy scuttles the pirate ship, Royal Fortune, killing Roberts and capturing the crew. Jonah admires the swaggering, complex ship’s surgeon, Peter Scudamore, and tries to prevent his hanging, but Scudamore and the crew die at Cape Corso Castle in 1722.
A Glossary of Sea Terms
Author: Gershom BradfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Sea of Grey
Author: Dewey LambdinPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312286859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
An Alan Lewrie Naval adventure.
Flying the Red Duster
Author: Morris BeckmanPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075247278X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940, Britain was at her most vulnerable. France had capitulated and the Germans had control of ports from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. Nazi U-boats were at Britain's doorstep, and in that year alone they sunk 204 ships, a gross tonnage of 2,435,667. Britain stood alone against Germany and a vital lifeline was the supplies carried by the civilian Merchant Navy, defended only by the thinly stretched Royal Navy. Winston Churchill conceded that his greatest fear was the slaughter of merchant seaman, who worked in harsh conditions, were often poorly fed, and were always at the mercy of the Kriegsmarine. In Flying the Red Duster, Morris Beckman tells the story of his experiences as a merchant seaman during the Battle of the Atlantic, part of the civilian force which enabled Britain to avoid capitulation to Nazi Germany. Based on his wartime diary - the unique document now held at the Imperial War Museum - this work allows the reader unique access to a time which is fast slipping from living memory.
Under Sail
Author: Felix RiesenbergPublisher:
ISBN: 9789362513168
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Under Sail, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
A Memoir - Robert Francis Massimi
Author: Robert MassimiPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329735587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
This is an historical memoir of Robert Massimi. The book tells the story of his life at sea in the United States Merchant Marine and the United States Navy. It covers history from the Great Depression of his youth, to his experiences in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and even Desert Shield in the Gulf War. Besides stories of his seamanship, he explains the military, political and social ramifications of many major historical events.
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