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Book Synopsis Striking Eight Bells by : George L Trowbridge
Download or read book Striking Eight Bells written by George L Trowbridge and published by Richter Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Trowbridge recounts his journey from the Midwest to a warship in the Gulf of Tonkin during the closing months of the Vietnam War. George shares the details of the living conditions on board a naval destroyer in this era, the strike attacks his ship made on enemy coastal defenses and finally coming home at the end of the war.
Download or read book The Burning Shore written by Ed Offley and published by Civitas Books. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft peppered the water with depth charges, but to no avail. Within the next twenty-four hours, a fourth ship lay at the bottom of the channel— all victims of twenty-nine-year-old Kapitänleutnant Horst Degen and his crew aboard the German U-boat U-701. In The Burning Shore, acclaimed military reporter Ed Offley presents a thrilling account of the bloody U-boat offensive along America’s east coast during the first half of 1942, using the story of Degen’s three war patrols as a lens through which to view this forgotten chapter of World War II. For six months, German U-boats prowled the waters off the eastern seaboard, sinking merchant ships with impunity, and threatening to sever the lifeline of supplies flowing from America to Great Britain. Degen’s successful infiltration of the Chesapeake Bay in mid-June drove home the U-boats’ success, and his spectacular attack terrified the American public as never before. But Degen’s cruise was interrupted less than a month later, when U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Harry J. Kane and his aircrew spotted the silhouette of U-701 offshore. The ensuing clash signaled a critical turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic—and set the stage for an unlikely friendship between two of the episode’s survivors. A gripping tale of heroism and sacrifice, The Burning Shore leads readers into a little-known theater of World War II, where Hitler’s U-boats came close to winning the Battle of the Atlantic before American sailors and airmen could finally drive them away.
Book Synopsis Striking Eight Bells by : George Trowbridge
Download or read book Striking Eight Bells written by George Trowbridge and published by Richter Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Striking Eight Bells, George Trowbridge recounts his journey from the Midwest to a warship in the Gulf of Tonkin during the closing months of the Vietnam War. Choosing to enlist in the Navy at 19, versus being drafted into the military, Trowbridge left a wife and newborn son in the States as he traversed the oceans of the globe to fight in America's most unpopular war. George shares the details of the living conditions on board a naval destroyer during this era, what it was like going through training, the grind for his ship's crew in supporting ground forces with naval gunfire, as well as the strike attacks his ship made on enemy coastal defenses, and finally coming home at the end of the war. This emotional story is not only historically focused, but it also is informative about life in the military, all filtered through the personal lens of a firsthand perspective.
Book Synopsis Fisherman's Friends by : Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends
Download or read book Fisherman's Friends written by Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past two decades ten men from Cornwall's Port Isaac have met on the village quayside every Friday summer evening to sing rousing sea shanties and traditional folk songs for little more than free beer. Then, in March 2010, everything changed when stardom came to this bunch of friends who had sought neither fame nor fortune. Within weeks of a record producer hearing their passionate, harmonic singing, they had a million-pound deal and were booked to appear at Glastonbury. By the end of that month a world tour was underway and Ealing Films had bought the rights to their story. Their first commercially produced album went gold almost immediately and they have now played live to hundreds of thousands of people, raising the roof everywhere with ballads such as 'The Cadgwith Anthem' and 'South Australia'. The book will tell the full story of how the boat came in for this group of burly middle-aged men, each of whom are or have been fishermen, lifeboatmen and coastguards (as well as builders, artisans, hoteliers and shop keepers) in their beloved Port Isaac. Each member of the group has his own story, and individual family histories tell of Cornwall's rugged, harsh landscape and the ever-present danger and bounty of the sea. The Fisherman's Friends have found a huge and ready audience and have rekindled interest in traditional music, striking a chord in the hearts of men and women, young and old, across the English-speaking world. With a new album due out in summer 2011, this is an affectionate and timely autobiography.
Book Synopsis The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Scholastic Gold) by : Avi
Download or read book The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Scholastic Gold) written by Avi and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avi's treasured Newbery Honor Book now in expanded After Words edition!Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832. But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy . . . and is put on trial for murder!After Words material includes author Q & A, journal writing tips, and other activities that bring Charlotte's world to life!
Book Synopsis The Making of a Sailor by : Frederick Pease Harlow
Download or read book The Making of a Sailor written by Frederick Pease Harlow and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Dana's Seaman's friend by : Richard Henry Dana
Download or read book Dana's Seaman's friend written by Richard Henry Dana and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reminiscences of a midshipman's life, from 1850-1856 [by] C.S.S. by : Cecil Sloane-Stanley
Download or read book Reminiscences of a midshipman's life, from 1850-1856 [by] C.S.S. written by Cecil Sloane-Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Windjamming to China by : Gustav Tjgaard
Download or read book Windjamming to China written by Gustav Tjgaard and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing is a proud American tradition and 'Windjamming to China' evokes that tradition in a way that it will never be forgotten. 'Windjamming to China' sails on the fringes of history. It covers the first half of the twentieth century, a time when almost all wind-driven vessels of the sailing age had been replaced by steam and diesel.In the larger sense, the book is about the American sailor, a folk character and even a hero, who speaks through the mists of 200 years of history, shouting for recognition. The American sailor was born on the icy shores of Plymouth, he was rocked by the waves.
Download or read book The Seaman's Friend written by R. H. Dana and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Download or read book The Motor Boat written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Ironsides written by David Fitz-Enz and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the oldest warship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate USS Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy created by act of Congress in 1794. Colonel David Fitz-Enz re-creates the world of sail, when seven knots an hour was considered blinding speed for a warship. In Old Ironsides, Fitz-Enz tells the story of the ship, from its construction to the ongoing restoration efforts that keep it active today.
Book Synopsis Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office by : United States. Patent Office
Download or read book Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 1536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cruisin' 'n' Losin' by : Garry Vaneman
Download or read book Cruisin' 'n' Losin' written by Garry Vaneman and published by Garry Vaneman. This book was released on 2008-08-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A light-hearted attempt at losing weight while vacationing aboard a luxury cruise ship...plus a few entertaining stories of my life!
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Book Synopsis Daily Life in the Age of Sail by : Dorothy Volo
Download or read book Daily Life in the Age of Sail written by Dorothy Volo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Thirteenth century through the Nineteenth, the waterways of the world provided the major means of transportation for exploration, trade, the military, and even criminals. Find out what life was like for those who chose to sail the high seas, as well as for those who didn't choose to be on board, like wives brought to sea by husbands and slaves en route to the auction block. What were their quarters like? What did they eat? How did they pass their long days at sea? These and other questions are answered in animated prose that brings the lives of ordinary people who oftentimes engaged in extraordinary activities, into sharp focus. First-hand accounts from such sources as personal journals and magazine articles are provided to help bring the time period alive. Students will also learn what life was like in the seaport towns and what the sailors did when they visited these towns, as well as the physical parts of the ships and the different roles different members of the crew played. This engaging history helps to separate fact from fiction while exploring the reasons the sea and sea life have held such prominent roles in popular fiction, and will help students understand what life was truly like for these people.
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