Author: Peter HeatonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea songs
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Songs Under Sail
Author: Peter HeatonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea songs
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Songs in Sail and Other Chanties
Author: Cicely Fox SmithThe Search for Speed Under Sail, 1700-1855
Author: Howard I. ChapellePublisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393031270
Category : Naval architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Songs Under Sail
Author: Songs Under Sail
Author: Under Sail
Author: Felix RiesenbergPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3954275120
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This book from 1918 reveals the great history of American sail ships from the beginning until the end of their use. Still a very instructive book, written by a true enthusiast.
Author Under Sail
Author: James W. WilliamsPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803249918
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
"The definitive examination of the early works of Jack London through London's incorporation and understanding of the role of imagination"--
Warship under Sail
Author: Lorraine McConaghyPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the sloop of war Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. Historian Lorraine McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces shaping America's antebellum navy and foreign policy in the Pacific, from Vancouver Island to Tierra del Fuego. One of only five ships in the squadron, the Decatur participated in numerous imperial adventures in the Far West, enforcing treaties, fighting Indians, suppressing vigilantes, and protecting commerce. With its graceful lines and towering white canvas sails, the ship patrolled the sandy border between ocean and land. Warship under Sail focuses on four episodes in the Decatur's Pacific Squadron mission: the harrowing journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Magellan; a Seattle war story that contested American treaties and settlements; participation with other squadron ships on a U.S. State Department mission to Nicaragua; and more than a year spent anchored off Panama as a hospital ship. In a period of five years, more than 300 men lived aboard ship, leaving a rich record of logbooks, medical and punishment records, correspondence, personal journals, and drawings. Lorraine McConaghy has mined these records to offer a compelling social history of a warship under sail. Her research adds immeasurably to our understanding of the lives of ordinary men at sea and American expansionism in the antebellum Pacific West.
The Songs, Chronologically Arranged
Author: Charles DibdinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Songs with piano
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Command Under Sail
Author: James C BradfordPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612512615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This entertaining collection of essays takes a biographical approach to early American naval history. The period from 1775 to 1850 was a trying time for the infant navy, a time when much was demanded of individual officers. New in paperback, this book focuses not only on battles and ships but on the colorful men, such as Oliver Hazard Perry and Stephen Decatur, who helped shape the U.S. Navy in the age of sail. By viewing the era through the lives of the participants, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of America’s new navy and the roots of its traditions.