Author: Raymond B. LechPublisher: Scarborough House
ISBN: 9780812880359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
All the Drowned Sailors
Author: Raymond B. LechPublisher: Scarborough House
ISBN: 9780812880359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
We, the Drowned
Author: Carsten JensenPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547504675
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Explore the wondrous sea and the oddities of human nature in this international bestselling, thrilling epic novel of a Danish port town. Hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, Denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War. The novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of terror and violence that continue to lure each generation; there are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, and miraculous survivals. The result is a brilliant seafaring novel, a gripping saga encompassing industrial growth, the years of expansion and exploration, the crucible of the first half of the twentieth century, and most of all, the sea. Called “one of the most exciting authors in Nordic literature” by Henning Mankell, Carsten Jensen has worked as a literary critic and a journalist, reporting from China, Cambodia, Latin America, the Pacific Islands, and Afghanistan. He lives in Copenhagen and Marstal. “We, the Drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches Tolstoy in its evocation of war’s confusion, its power to stun victors and vanquished alike…A gorgeous, unsparing novel.”—Washington Post “A generational saga, a swashbuckling sailor’s tale, and the account of a small town coming into modernity—both Melville and Steinbeck might have been pleased to read it.”—New Republic “Dozens of stories coalesce into an odyssey taut with action and drama and suffused with enough heart to satisfy readers who want more than the breakneck thrills of ships battling the elements.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)
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Author: A Vagabond's Odyssey being further reminiscences of a wandering sailor-troubadour in many lands
Author: A. Safroni-MiddletonPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Vagabond's Odyssey being further reminiscences of a wandering sailor-troubadour in many lands" by A. Safroni-Middleton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Pilot, or Sailors' magazine. [Continued as] Sailors' magazine
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Author: British and foreign sailors' societyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from The Arabian Nights (Illustrations)
Author: Edmund DulacPublisher: HENRY STONE & SON, Ltd., BANBURY
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
SINDBAD THE SAILOR In the time of Harun-er-Rashid there was, in Baghdad, a rich merchant named Sindbad the Sailor, the source of whose wealth was a mystery. It seemed to be inexhaustible. For long seasons he kept open house, and his entertainments were the most magnificent of all save only those of Er-Rashid himself. All that riches could buy seemed at his disposal, and he lavished the good things of this life upon his guests. Pages, slaves and attendants there were in great number; his garden was spacious and beautiful, and his house was filled with every costly luxury. This Sindbad the Sailor has a story to tell—the story of his life—but he never told it to any until, one day, there came to him one Sindbad the Landsman, a man of poor and humble birth. This man pleased him greatly with an apt recitation dealing with the widely different lots dispensed by God to men, and, being pleased, he was struck with the happy conceit that, now Sindbad the Sailor was at last confronted with Sindbad the Landsman, it would be no bad thing were he to narrate the story of his life so that all might know his strange adventures and conjecture no longer as to the source of his fabulous wealth. Accordingly Sindbad the Sailor held seven receptions on seven different days, and, although on each occasion a multitude of guests was assembled to listen, he failed not to address his words from first to last to his simple listener, Sindbad the Landsman. Following is his narration of the strange and wonderful adventures he experienced in his seven voyages:— To be continue in this ebook
The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Subsequent Court Martial of Rear Adm. Charles B. McVay III, USN
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed ServicesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Sailors' Magazine and Seamen's Friend
Author: Readings
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Author: