Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1524
Book Description
The Bookseller
Author: Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
A sailor's log, recollections of forty years of naval life
Author: Robley Dunglison EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chile
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
My yarn of forty years of naval life is spun." So ends this well-told tale of life at sea by Robley D. Evans, whose naval career is legendary. Evans served in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, and was renowned for both his seamanship and diplomatic skills. This thought-provoking memoir gives readers the insight into the life of a soldier.
British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: The Literary World
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: Union Jacks
Author: Michael J. BennettPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807863246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Historians have given a great deal of attention to the lives and experiences of Civil War soldiers, but surprisingly little is known about navy sailors who participated in the conflict. Michael J. Bennett remedies the longstanding neglect of Civil War seamen in this comprehensive assessment of the experience of common Union sailors from 1861 to 1865. To resurrect the voices of the "Union Jacks," Bennett combed sailors' diaries, letters, and journals. He finds that the sailors differed from their counterparts in the army in many ways. They tended to be a rougher bunch of men than the regular soldiers, drinking and fighting excessively. Those who were not foreign-born, escaped slaves, or unemployed at the time they enlisted often hailed from the urban working class rather than from rural farms and towns. In addition, most sailors enlisted for pragmatic rather than ideological reasons. Bennett's examination provides a look into the everyday lives of sailors and illuminates where they came from, why they enlisted, and how their origins shaped their service. By showing how these Union sailors lived and fought on the sea, Bennett brings an important new perspective to our understanding of the Civil War.
The academy
Author: The English Catalogue of Books ...
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Author: British Library