Author: Avi
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613298995
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1783, young Kevin is a prisoner of the mysterious Captain Grey and his band of pirates. Grey forces Kevin join his band and participate in their murderous ship raids. Obedient but rebellious in spirit, Kevin slowly solves the mystery of his captor's past, and hatches a plot to escape being part of Grey's future. A companion to "Night Journeys" and "Encounter as Easton".
Captain Grey
Author: Avi
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613298995
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1783, young Kevin is a prisoner of the mysterious Captain Grey and his band of pirates. Grey forces Kevin join his band and participate in their murderous ship raids. Obedient but rebellious in spirit, Kevin slowly solves the mystery of his captor's past, and hatches a plot to escape being part of Grey's future. A companion to "Night Journeys" and "Encounter as Easton".
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613298995
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1783, young Kevin is a prisoner of the mysterious Captain Grey and his band of pirates. Grey forces Kevin join his band and participate in their murderous ship raids. Obedient but rebellious in spirit, Kevin slowly solves the mystery of his captor's past, and hatches a plot to escape being part of Grey's future. A companion to "Night Journeys" and "Encounter as Easton".
Avi
Author: Michael A. Sommers
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823945221
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Discusses the life and work of this popular author, including his writing process and methods, inspirations, a critical discussion of his books, biographical timeline, and awards.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823945221
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Discusses the life and work of this popular author, including his writing process and methods, inspirations, a critical discussion of his books, biographical timeline, and awards.
Sea of Gray
Author: Tom Chaffin
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374707006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Assembled from hundreds of original documents, including intimate shipboard journals kept by Shenandoah officers, Sea of Gray is a masterful narrative of men at sea The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS Shenandoah then commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War: the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's second most successful commerce raider. Before its voyage was over, thirty-two Union merchant and whaling ships and their cargoes would be destroyed. But it was only after ship and crew embarked on the last leg of their journey that the excursion took its most fearful turn. Four months after the Civil War was over, the Shenandoah's Captain Waddell finally learned he was, and had been, fighting without cause or state. In the eyes of the world, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to being a pirateāa hangable offense. Now fearing capture and mutiny, with supplies quickly dwindling, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil. "A superb account of how the Confederate raider Shenandoah brought the American Civil War to the farthest reaches of the world." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Mayflower and Sea of Glory
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374707006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Assembled from hundreds of original documents, including intimate shipboard journals kept by Shenandoah officers, Sea of Gray is a masterful narrative of men at sea The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS Shenandoah then commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War: the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's second most successful commerce raider. Before its voyage was over, thirty-two Union merchant and whaling ships and their cargoes would be destroyed. But it was only after ship and crew embarked on the last leg of their journey that the excursion took its most fearful turn. Four months after the Civil War was over, the Shenandoah's Captain Waddell finally learned he was, and had been, fighting without cause or state. In the eyes of the world, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to being a pirateāa hangable offense. Now fearing capture and mutiny, with supplies quickly dwindling, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil. "A superb account of how the Confederate raider Shenandoah brought the American Civil War to the farthest reaches of the world." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Mayflower and Sea of Glory
A Captain for Caroline Gray
Author: Julie Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781432888688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
"Caroline Gray's third season in London society ends as badly as her first two--no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect. She suspects it's because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her forthright opinions, her eager intellect backed by a formal education, and her unconventional ideas about the future. She is far more daring than demure to suit the taste of her class. Besides, Caroline thinks there will always be next season to find a husband. However, her family's dwindling income leaves Caroline with only one choice to secure her future: a one-way ticket to sail with the Fishing Fleet to India, where the son of a family friend waits. If the match doesn't work, Caroline cannot return home. Captain Thomas Scott loves the thrill of the open sea, and as commander of one of the ships of the "Fishing Fleet," he ferries scores of young English girls to the shores of India to find husbands. The voyages pay well, but he struggles to understand why families would allow young women to be matched with total strangers so far away. The trips have always been routine and uneventful--until this trip's first night's dinner with one Miss Caroline Gray. She engages in a lively political conversation, presenting opposing viewpoints to the conventionally opinionated gentlemen at her table. Captain Scott is secretly amused and delighted at her boldness, not to mention quite drawn to her beauty. The rest of the passengers are shocked by her behavior and Caroline finds herself an outcast, suffering harsh judgments from the other passengers. However, she finds an unlikely ally in Captain Scott which quickly draws them closer. Both know an arranged marriage awaits Caroline at the end of their voyage, yet the attraction between them is undeniable. Caroline will have to decide if she will honor her mother's wishes and marry a man in India whom she has never met--thus securing a future for her and her mother--or be brave enough to throw convention to the wind and commit to love a sea captain. He may be enchanted by her bold and unconventional ways, but will his love and admiration last?"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781432888688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
"Caroline Gray's third season in London society ends as badly as her first two--no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect. She suspects it's because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her forthright opinions, her eager intellect backed by a formal education, and her unconventional ideas about the future. She is far more daring than demure to suit the taste of her class. Besides, Caroline thinks there will always be next season to find a husband. However, her family's dwindling income leaves Caroline with only one choice to secure her future: a one-way ticket to sail with the Fishing Fleet to India, where the son of a family friend waits. If the match doesn't work, Caroline cannot return home. Captain Thomas Scott loves the thrill of the open sea, and as commander of one of the ships of the "Fishing Fleet," he ferries scores of young English girls to the shores of India to find husbands. The voyages pay well, but he struggles to understand why families would allow young women to be matched with total strangers so far away. The trips have always been routine and uneventful--until this trip's first night's dinner with one Miss Caroline Gray. She engages in a lively political conversation, presenting opposing viewpoints to the conventionally opinionated gentlemen at her table. Captain Scott is secretly amused and delighted at her boldness, not to mention quite drawn to her beauty. The rest of the passengers are shocked by her behavior and Caroline finds herself an outcast, suffering harsh judgments from the other passengers. However, she finds an unlikely ally in Captain Scott which quickly draws them closer. Both know an arranged marriage awaits Caroline at the end of their voyage, yet the attraction between them is undeniable. Caroline will have to decide if she will honor her mother's wishes and marry a man in India whom she has never met--thus securing a future for her and her mother--or be brave enough to throw convention to the wind and commit to love a sea captain. He may be enchanted by her bold and unconventional ways, but will his love and admiration last?"--
Accounts and Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
The Friend
The Parliamentary Debates
Author: Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates
Author: Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Hansard's Parliamentary Debates
Author: Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description