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Flying Cloud

Author : David W. Shaw
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061873888
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Flying Cloud written by David W. Shaw and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Cloud is the riveting and thoroughly researched tale of a truly unforgettable sea voyage during the days of the California gold rush. In 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only 89 days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a century. Upon arrival in San Francisco, Flying Cloud became an enduring symbol of a young nation's daring frontier spirit. Illustrated with original maps and charts as well as historical photographs, Shaw's compelling narrative captures the drama of this thrilling adventure. In a position almost unheard of for a woman in the mid-19th century, Eleanor Creesy served as the ship's navigator. With only the sun, planets, and stars to guide her, she brought Flying Cloud safely around Cape Horn at the height of a winter blizzard, faced storms, dodged shoals, and found her way through calms to make the swift passage possible. Along with her husband, Josiah, the ship's captain, she sailed the mighty 3-masted clipper through 16,000 miles of the fiercest, most unpredictable oceans in the world. Shaw vividly recreates 19th-century seafaring conditions and customs, for both the crew and the passengers who entrusted their fate to an untested ship. Including excerpts from letters and diaries of passengers, Shaw recounts Flying Cloud's victory in the face of adversity—including sabotage, insubordination, and severe damage to the clipper's mainmast that might have sunk her with all hands lost. But the ship triumphed and would ultimately sail the world. Flying Cloud brings to life, for the first time, the glory of one of America's most important seafaring tales and one woman's incredible achievements.

All Sail Set

Author : Armstrong Sperry
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 1567925731
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book All Sail Set written by Armstrong Sperry and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can love the spread of canvas and the bend of the oak and not thrill to the names of the great clippers built by Donald McKay? Great Republic, Sovereign of the Seas, Lightening, Star of the Empire, and Westward Ho — these names ring from an era when the windships were the queens of the ocean and sail was king. But the most famous, the one that most securely captured the hearts and imaginations of the entire nation, was McKay’s masterpiece, the Flying Cloud. Here is the story of Enoch Thacher, a boy whose father lost his fortune at sea, who McKay takes on during the lofting, building, and rigging of the Cloud, and who finally ships out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperry’s wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic and riveting narrative will keep even landlubbers pegged to their seats.

Flying Cloud

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Cloud written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dare the Wind

Author : Tracey Fern
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466860146
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Dare the Wind written by Tracey Fern and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen Prentiss's papa said she was born with saltwater in her veins, so he gave her sailing lessons and taught her how to navigate. As soon as she met a man who loved sailing like she did, she married him. When her husband was given command of a clipper ship custom-made to travel quickly, she knew that they would need every bit of its speed for their maiden voyage: out of New York City, down around the tip of Cape Horn, and into San Francisco, where the Gold Rush was well under way. In a time when few women even accompanied their husbands onboard, Ellen Prentiss navigated their ship to set the world record for speed along that route. A Margaret Ferguson Book

Expansion of Flying Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Expansion of Flying Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie, Minnesota written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

To Fly on a Cloud: Maine

Author : Mike Edgecomb
Publisher : Writers Republic LLC
ISBN 13 : 1637288522
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book To Fly on a Cloud: Maine written by Mike Edgecomb and published by Writers Republic LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seemed like any other summer morning, but there was something that wasn’t quite right. Taylor and Nikki were being followed. Was it a ghost? A werewolf? Or something even more sinister? It all happened so fast, but they found themselves on the adventure of a lifetime. Thousands of feet up in the air, learning all about the state of Maine. There was one question that needed to be asked. What is that mysterious cloud doing with Bandit?

Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports

Author : John Branch
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324006706
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports written by John Branch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. New York Times reporter John Branch’s riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch’s work for the first time, featuring 20 of his favorites from the more than 2,000 pieces he has published in the paper. Branch is renowned for covering the offbeat in the sporting world, from alligator hunting to wingsuit flying. Sidecountry features such classic Branch pieces, including “Snow Fall,” about downhill skiers caught in an avalanche in Washington state, and “Dawn Wall,” about rock climbers trying to scale Yosemite’s famed El Capitan. In other articles, Branch introduces people whose dedication and decency transcend their sporting lives, including a revered football coach rebuilding his tornado-devastated town in Iowa and a girls’ basketball team in Tennessee that plays on despite never winning a game. The book culminates with his moving personal pieces, including “Children of the Cube,” about the surprising drama of Rubik’s Cube competitions as seen through the eyes of Branch’s own sports-hating son, and “The Girl in the No. 8 Jersey,” about a mother killed in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting whose daughter happens to play on Branch’s daughter’s soccer team. John Branch has been hailed for writing “American portraiture at its best” (Susan Orlean) and for covering sports “the way Lyle Lovett writes country music—a fresh turn on a time-honored pleasure” (Nicholas Dawidoff). Sidecountry is the work of a master reporter at the top of his game.

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Author : Anthony Doerr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982168455
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Cloud Cuckoo Land written by Anthony Doerr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more “If you’re looking for a superb novel, look no further.” —The Washington Post From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, comes the instant New York Times bestseller that is a “wildly inventive, a humane and uplifting book for adults that’s infused with the magic of childhood reading experiences” (The New York Times Book Review). Among the most celebrated and beloved novels of recent times, Cloud Cuckoo Land is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope, and a book. In the 15th century, an orphan named Anna lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople. She learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds what might be the last copy of a centuries-old book, the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky. Outside the walls is Omeir, a village boy, conscripted with his beloved oxen into the army that will lay siege to the city. His path and Anna’s will cross. In the present day, in a library in Idaho, octogenarian Zeno rehearses children in a play adaptation of Aethon’s story, preserved against all odds through centuries. Tucked among the library shelves is a bomb, planted by a troubled, idealistic teenager, Seymour. This is another siege. And in a not-so-distant future, on the interstellar ship Argos, Konstance is alone in a vault, copying on scraps of sacking the story of Aethon, told to her by her father. Anna, Omeir, Seymour, Zeno, and Konstance are dreamers and outsiders whose lives are gloriously intertwined. Doerr’s dazzling imagination transports us to worlds so dramatic and immersive that we forget, for a time, our own.

Choppy Water

Author : Stuart Woods
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593188314
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Choppy Water written by Stuart Woods and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exhilarating new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington must go up against an enemy with deadly intentions--and ideologies. Stone Barrington and his friends are vacationing in Maine when their leisure is suddenly disrupted by extreme weather. To make matters worse, the inclement conditions allow for a menacing adversary to sneak in unnoticed and deliver a chilling message. Soon it becomes clear that the target of the incident is one of Stone's closest companions, and that these enemies have a grander scheme in mind. From the bustling streets of New York City to the sun-drenched shores of Key West, Stone intends to nab the criminals that appear behind him at every step. But his search only leads him further down a trail of peril and corruption, and he'll soon find that at the end of the road is a more dangerous foe than he could have imagined...

Merchant Vessels of the United States

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Where Is My Flying Car?

Author : J. Storrs Hall
Publisher : Stripe Press
ISBN 13 : 1953953271
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Where Is My Flying Car? written by J. Storrs Hall and published by Stripe Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation: we’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast-forward 60 years, and we’re still stuck in traffic in gas-guzzling sedans and boarding the same types of planes we flew in over half a century ago. What happened to the future we were promised? In Where Is My Flying Car?, J. Storrs Hall sets out to answer this deceptively simple question. What starts as an examination of the technical limitations of building flying cars evolves into an investigation of the scientific, technological, and social roots of the economic stagnation that started in the 1970s. From the failure to adopt nuclear energy and the suppression of cold fusion technology to the rise of a counterculture hostile to progress, Hall recounts how our collective ambitions for the future were derailed, with devastating consequences for global wealth creation and distribution. Hall then outlines a framework for a future powered by exponential progress—one in which we build as much in the world of atoms as we do in the world of bits, one rich in abundance and wonder. Drawing on years of original research and personal engineering experience, Where Is My Flying Car?, originally published in 2018, is an urgent, timely analysis of technological progress over the last 50 years and a bold vision for a better future.

Merchant Vessels of the United States...

Author : United States. Coast Guard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States... written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THERMAL FLYING

Author : BURKHARD. MARTENS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838017361
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (173 download)

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Little Cloud

Author : Eric Carle
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593383834
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Little Cloud written by Eric Carle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clouds drift across the bright blue sky--all except one. Little Cloud trails behind. He is busy changing shapes to become a fluffy sheep, a zooming airplane, and even a clown with a funny hat. Eric Carle's trademark collages will make every reader want to run outside and discover their very own little cloud.

Merchant Vessels of the United States ...

Author : United States. Bureau of Customs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States ... written by United States. Bureau of Customs and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Merchant Vessels of the United States ... (including Yachts)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 980 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States ... (including Yachts) written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: