Hell Hole Of The Pacific

Author : Richard Wolfe
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 174228714X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hellhole of the Pacific written by Richard Wolfe and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2008-06-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1830s Kororareka was known as the 'hell-hole of the Pacific'. Whalers, sealers, escaped convicts, seamen, traders and adventurers descended upon this small cove in the Bay. Grog-shops and the oldest profession in the world abounded. At one stage the town was said to be harbouring 'a greater number of rogues than any other spot of equal size in the universe'. Some whaling captains steered clear, fearing they'd lose their crews. But was Kororareka actually a hell-hole? How wild was it really? In this absorbing book on one of the most lively periods in New Zealand history, Richard Wolfe asks new questions, confronts existing myths, and comes up with some fascinating answers.

Author : Richard Wolfe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hell-hole of the Pacific written by Richard Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James M. Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980513219
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St. Helena Island written by James M. Gray and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A concise history of St. Helena Island in Moreton Bay, from its discovery in 1795 to the closing of the penal colony. Every aspect of the islands discovery, colonisation, the establishment of the Penal Island Prison Establishment, construction, treatment of prisoners, the Shearer Prisoners records, escapes, and final closure."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Jim McEnery
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451659148
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hell in the Pacific written by Jim McEnery and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what may be the last memoir to be published by a living veteran of the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal, which occurred almost seventy years ago, Marine Jim McEnery has teamed up with author Bill Sloan to create an unforgettable chronicle of heroism and horror McErery’s Rifle Company—the legendary K/3/5 of the First Marine Division, made famous by the HBO miniseries The Pacific—fought in some of the most ferocious battles of the war. In searing detail, the author takes us back to Guadalcanal, where American forces first turned the tide against the Japanese; Cape Gloucester, where 1,300 Marines were killed or wounded; and bloody Peleliu, where McEnery assumed command of the company and helped hasten the final defeat of the Japanese garrison after weeks of torturous cave-to-cave fighting. McEnery’s story is a no-holds-barred, grunt’s-eye view of the sacrifices, suffering, and raw courage of the men in the foxholes, locked in mortal combat with an implacable enemy sworn to fight to the death. From bayonet charges and hand-to-hand combat to midnight banzai attacks and the loss of close buddies, the rifle squad leader spares no details, chronicling his odyssey from boot camp through twenty-eight months of hellish combat until his eventual return home. He has given us an unforgettable portrait of men at war.

Author : Hugh Ambrose
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101185848
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pacific written by Hugh Ambrose and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling official companion book to the Emmy® Award-winning HBO® miniseries. Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home. In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the HBO® miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as the Pacific and the brave men who fought.

Author : Robert Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781614687276
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hellhole, 98520 written by Robert Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling story converges at the 3-way intersection of an up-from-nothing coming-of-age memoir, an insider's account of the colossal business failure of Arthur Andersen, the iconic international professional firm and, in the aftermath of the acutely personal effects of that calamity, a search for and rediscovery of a higher purpose and spiritual meaning. It is the story of a boy abandoned by his too-young, recently-divorced mother when he was 1-1/2 years old, succored by a "foster" family until he turned four, then forcibly wrested from this family by his birth mother when she reappeared with a new husband. The author grew up in Aberdeen, Washington, a tough, immigrant, harbor town of plywood factories, lumber mills and labor wars, pollution, merchant seamen and dozens of whore houses, dubbed by the popular press as "Hell-Hole of the Pacific" at the turn of the last century, and ground zero in "America's war on sin" in mid-century. Like Kurt Cobain, another native son a generation later, the author wanted nothing more than to escape the shackles of Aberdeen. But his path was the corporate world, not grunge music, where he climbed the greasy corporate pole to the partnership at Arthur Andersen.Arthur Andersen collapsed in 2002 under the weight of Enron and other financial scandals. While the book chronicles the author's unlikely ascent to the partnership at Andersen, it also provides insights into what went phenomenally right during the firm's heyday, and disastrously wrong in the end. When Arthur Andersen died, the author's world imploded as well. He was left with no choice but to re-examine everything he thought he knew about myself. What he discovered at the dead end of the path of self-flagellation was a new beginning radically different than the one he left behind.Robert Wilson was a partner in Arthur Andersen, the international accounting and consulting firm, and, later, the chief financial officer of both public and private companies. He has also been a member of several corporate boards of directors. Robert lives with his wife in Scottsdale, Arizona and Newport, Rhode Island.

Author : Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Hell Hole to High Tech written by Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chet Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629180410
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hell Hole written by Chet Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plane Talk written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicholas Anderson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1925675688
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Milne Bay 1942 written by Nicholas Anderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-08-05 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1942 the formidable Japanese military had conquered swathes of territory across south-east Asia and the Pacific Ocean. Despite its defeat at the Battle of Midway, Japan remained a potent enemy committed to the creation of a defensive arc to shield its captured possessions in the Pacific. The capture of Port Moresby would cement the southern border of this defensive arc and sever the vital lines of communication between Australia and the United States. It was the Japanese plan to seize Moresby that would set the course for the Battle of Milne Bay. Situated on the eastern tip of New Guinea, Milne Bay was a wretched hell-hole: swamp-riddled, a haven for malaria and cursed with torrential rain. It was here that General Douglas MacArthur ordered the secret construction of an Allied base with airfields to protect the maritime approach to Port Moresby. But the Japanese soon discovered the base at Milne Bay and despatched a task force to destroy its garrison and occupy the base. All that stood between the Japanese and their prize was a brigade of regular Australian soldiers untrained in tropical warfare and a brigade of Australian militia with no combat experience whatsoever. While the Kokoda campaign is etched in public memory, its sister battle at Milne Bay has long been neglected. However the bitter fighting over this isolated harbour played an equally important role in protecting Port Moresby and made a valuable contribution to shifting Allied fortunes in the Pacific War.