Young Men And The Sea

Author : Daniel Vickers
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300100671
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young Men and the Sea written by Daniel Vickers and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two centuries of American maritime history, in which the Atlantic Ocean remained the great frontier Westward expansion has been the great narrative of the first two centuries of American history, but as historian Daniel Vickers demonstrates here, the horizon extended in all directions. For those who lived along the Atlantic coast, it was the East—and the Atlantic Ocean—that beckoned. While historical and fictional accounts have tended to stress the exceptional circumstances or psychological compulsions that drove men to sea, this book shows how normal a part of life seafaring was for those living near a coast before the mid–nineteenth century. Drawing on records of several thousand seamen and their voyages from Salem, Massachusetts, Young Men and the Sea offers a social history of seafaring in the colonial and early national period. In what sort of families were sailors raised? When did they go to sea? What were their chances of death? Whom did they marry, and how did their wives operate households in their absence? Answering these and many other questions, this book is destined to become a classic of American social and maritime history.

Author : Rodman Philbrick
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545600308
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Young Man and the Sea written by Rodman Philbrick and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of determination and survival from the acclaimed author of FREAK THE MIGHTY. "This thrilling and elegant book ... will hold the interest of even the most stalwart landlubber." -- PWTwelve-year-old Skiff Beaman's mom just died, and his fisherman dad is too depressed to drag himself off the couch and go to work. So these days Skiff has to take care of everything himself. But when his dad's boat sinks, Skiff discovers it will cost thousands to buy a new engine. Skiff's lobster traps won't earn him enough, but there are bigger fish in the sea -- bluefin tuna. If he can catch one of those monster fish, Skiff just might save the boat -- and his family.

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old Man and the Sea written by Ernest Hemingway and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway. 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.

Author : Glenn Stout
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618858687
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young Woman and the Sea written by Glenn Stout and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PERFECT MILE meet SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA in this compelling tale of how nineteen-year-old Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel.

Author : Daniel Hays
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565121023
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Old Man and the Sea written by Daniel Hays and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces a father and son journey around South America in a tiny boat they built together

Author : Peter Young
Publisher : Sapere Books
ISBN 13 : 9781800559950
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Storm From the Sea written by Peter Young and published by Sapere Books. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable personal account of fighting with the Commandos in World War Two. An ideal book for fans of Andy McNab, Robert O'Neill or Marcus Luttrell. For Peter Young the Second World War was a truly global conflict. From Norway to Northern France, Italy to Burma, Young rose through the ranks of the commandos to become a brigadier, commanding the 1st Commando Brigade by the end of the war. Storm from the Sea charts Young's journey through World War Two, with captivating accounts of the raids at Lofoten, Vaagso and Dieppe with the famous 3 Commando. Young uncovers how the Commandos with their impeccable training and camaraderie were able to overcome Nazi forces in Sicily and Italy before they joined with the 1st Special Service Brigade for the liberation of France. Peter Young's memoir is an enthralling, first-hand account of his time spent fighting with the Commandos during World War Two. It should be essential reading for all interested in one of the most important special forces in military history. "readers interested in a combat narrative will find that Storm from the Sea makes a welcome addition to their libraries." Maj. James Gates, USAF, Air & Space Power Journal "As Storm from the Sea reveals, Peter was in his element in the Commandos during the Second World War. ... Apart from battlefield courage to an unusual degree, he had the rare ability to think quickly - as if from first principles - in military situations. That intelligence and common sense, together with his bravery, robustness, sense of humour and personality, live again in these stirring pages." John Adair

Author : Stella Elia
Publisher : Lantana Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1913747069
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Man of the Sea written by Stella Elia and published by Lantana Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Sunday, Grandpa waited for me in his room, and I took my place at the foot of the bed. There were days when Grandpa wanted to talk, and days when we sat in silence. Then one day, Grandpa began telling me stories about his life at sea—tales of love and adventure and danger on the ocean waves. And that’s when I learned who my grandpa really was . . .

Author : Daniel Vickers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300123661
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young Men and the Sea written by Daniel Vickers and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on records of several thousand seamen & their voyages from Salem, Massachusetts, 'Young Men and the Sea' offers a social history of seafaring in the colonial and early national period.

Author : Amanda M. Fairbanks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982103248
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Boys of Montauk written by Amanda M. Fairbanks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] riveting account of a fishing boat and its four young crewman lost at sea in 1984 off the coast of Montauk in eastern Long Island--a "fishing town with a drinking problem," as the locals have it--and the stunning repercussions of that loss for the families and friends of the four missing men and, indeed, the entire storied summer community of the Hamptons"--

Author : Riff Reb's
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682474410
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Men at Sea written by Riff Reb's and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Men at Sea is an opus of eight spectacularly drawn dark, poetic stories adapted by Riff Reb’s. This collection offers: “A Smile of Fortune,” from Joseph Conrad “The Sea Horses” and “The Shamraken Homeward Bound,” from William Hope Hodgson “The Galley Slaves” and “The Far South,” from Pierre Mac Orlan “A Descent into the Maelstrom,” from Edgar Allan Poe “The Three Customs Officers,” from Marcel Schwob “The Shipwreck,” from Robert Louis Stevenson These eight tales, themselves interspersed by seven double-page spreads dedicated to extracts from illustrated classics, deliver a rich, poetic, and masterfully crafted work of life and death on the sea. "